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Showing 17611770 of 19544 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 22 Jan. 1990 – no. 88-84955

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-25-4

The operation and resources of the committee responsible for health, safety and working conditions are governed by the provisions of Article 81, II of Article 83, Articles 84 and 85, II of Article 87,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Submission of returns

Article A123-42

Any application for registration as a principal or secondary shareholder in the Trade and Companies Register, or for an additional, amending or deletion entry, shall be drawn up in accordance with the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedures before committees

Article R712-20

…coordination commission for actions to prevent rental evictions provided for in article 7-2 of law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing, the departmental council and t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Principal penalties

Article L823-1

…ted by a person in the territory of another State party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Joint ventures

Article R422-50

…nture of industrial property attorneys referred to in Title II of the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 shall give rise to the insertion of a notice in a newspaper authorised to receive legal announc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Copies of criminal record files

Article R75-1

A copy of each record relating to a custodial sentence handed down for a felony or misdemeanour is sent by the clerk of the court that handed down the sentence to the Ministry of the Interior's centra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Fines for companies landing foreign nationals without the required documents

Article L821-7

…ternational routes from a State that is not a party to the convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990 in the form of regular lines, occasional services or shuttle services, excluding border traffic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Valuation of securities.

Article D3324-17

…ban on trading them for a period of five years, except in the cases provided for in Article R. 3324-22.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-21

The reports mentioned in articles R. 228-17 to R. 228-20 are sent to the special meetings of holders of preference shares concerned when they are asked to approve these amendments. They shall be made…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Counting of postal votes

Article R2122-86

…orded in the minutes; 2° Secondly, the vote is checked for admissibility as defined in article R. 2122-88 and then counted.

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