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Showing 50215030 of 22664 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 30 janvier 2019 n° 17-85304

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest in the event of deferred removal

Article R*732-3

Notwithstanding article R. 732-2, the Minister of the Interior is competent to place a foreign national under house arrest, pursuant to 6° of article L. 731-3 or article L. 731-4, in the following cas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-42

Where it is established that the operating conditions of the laboratory holding the authorisation are not or are no longer equivalent to those imposed, under the first paragraph of Article 7 of Order…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article L328-5

Any breach of the provisions of 7° of I of article L. 311-30 and of articles L. 322-1, L. 322-2-2 and L. 322-4 of this Code, as well as of 7° of I of article L. 612-33 of the Monetary and Financial Co…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Value added tax on tourist accommodation and facilities.

Article D421-1

…article L. 421-1, are defined by articles 176 to 178 and 178 bis of Annex II as well as by article 30 of Annex IV to the same code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Annual leave.

Article L3164-9

Regardless of their length of service in the company, employees under the age of twenty-one on 30 April of the previous year are entitled, if they so request, to a holiday of thirty working days. They…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-13

For cinematographic works commercially exhibited in cinemas between 22 June 2020 and 30 December 2020, by way of derogation from 4° of article 222-19, the maximum number of cinematographic establishme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-7

…fined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009, for placing on the market, free of charge or for consideration, a cosmetic product…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article R562-9

…m the date of receipt of the application file and the decision referred to in 2°, after a period of 30 days. If the decision is subject to the agreement of an international body, the periods provided…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Educational and financial review

Article R6352-23

…edures defined in the second paragraph, to the ministry responsible for vocational training, before 30 April each year. This report may be sent by electronic means using the teleservice provided for i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 A

…one or more of these priority neighbourhoods, up to a limit of a net taxable base set for 2023 at €30,630 and updated each year according to the change in prices. Only establishments with fewer than…

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