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Showing 32213230 of 21318 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 13 November 1990

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Enforcement of administrative court decisions

Article L614-16

…lance measures provided for in articles L. 721-6, L. 721-7, L. 731-1, L. 731-3, L. 741-1 and L. 743-13 are immediately terminated, and the foreign national is issued with a provisional residence permi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Exit

Article R552-14

…ed in Article R. 552-12 or, where applicable, by the end of the period stipulated in Article R. 552-13, the manager implements the exit decision taken by the French Office for Immigration and Integrat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of the national conference

Article R 1424-66

…ontaires and, in the cases provided for in the third paragraph of article 44 of law no. 2004-811 of 13 August 2004 on the modernisation of civil security, the prefect of the Paris police force, the ma…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 85

…press or by the articles L. 86, L. 87, L. 91 to L. 100, L. 102 to L. 104, L. 106 to L. 108 and L. 113 of the Electoral Code.By way of derogation from Article 5 of this Code, a victim who has brought…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Surrender by life insurance companies of annuities below a certain minimum amount.

Article A160-3

…is of the tables and interest rates set by Articles 142-3 and 142-6 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the French Accounting Standards Authority relating to the accounting framework for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Digital asset service providers

Article R775-35

…pplicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 54-10-4, R. 54-10-8no. 2019-1248 of 28 November 2019

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial arrangements and legal representation of agencies

Article R1432-61

…l of expenditure exercised by the Accounting Officer pursuant toArticle 19 of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management shall be appropriate and proportionate t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4113-80

…f the company and its liquidation under the conditions defined byarticle 26 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and by the Articles of Association.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-11

Articles D. 4221-13-2 and R. 4221-13-3 apply to applications for authorisation to practise made under this section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Operations.

Article L3336-2

The following may not operate on-trade drinks outlets: 1° Persons convicted of a common crime or one of the offences listed in articles 225-5, 225-6, 225-7 and 225-10 of the Criminal Code; 2° Those wh…

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