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Showing 10811090 of 47047 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7 February 1995 n° 318 · Cass. com. 17 November 1998 · Cass. com. 19 October 1999 · Cass. com. 11 January 2017 n° 15-22.382 · CA Versailles 19 January 2016 · Cass. com. 17 May 1994

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Beneficiaries of stateless status

Article L424-19

…nual residence permit bearing the words "family member of a beneficiary of stateless status", identical to the card provided for in article L. 424-18, issued to a foreign national who has obtained sta…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Termination of detention in the waiting area

Article L342-19

…idence permit, a provisional document issued when applying for a residence permit or an asylum application certificate..

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Legal representative of an establishment established in France

Article L421-19

A foreign national who holds the position of legal representative in an establishment or company established in France, as long as he or she is an employee or corporate officer in an establishment or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Consultation of electors

Article L1112-19

…itorial authority are reimbursed to them by that authority on a flat-rate basis, by means of an allocation calculated on the basis of the number of electors registered in the commune and the number of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-19

…d by the regional audit chamber and of the orders issued by the representative of the State in application of the provisions of this chapter. Without waiting for the deliberative assembly to meet, the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: French nationals by birth in France

Article 19-1

Is French: 1° A child born in France of stateless parents; 2° A child born in France of foreign parents for whom the foreign laws of nationality do not in any way allow him to be transmitted the natio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: French nationals by birth in France

Article 19-2

A child whose birth certificate has been drawn up in accordance with Article 58 of this Code shall be presumed to have been born in France.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: French nationals by birth in France

Article 19-3

A child born in France is French if at least one of its parents was born there.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 19-1

The public prosecutor's rating of the authorised judicial police officer is taken into account for any promotion decision.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 194-1

When a case is referred to the Investigating Chamber on remand after cassation, it shall rule within the time limits set out in articles 148-2, 186-2, 186-4 and 194. These time limits run from receipt…

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