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Showing 53415350 of 30357 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 May 2011 – no. 2011-126 QPC

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

Article R142-11

…the identity of a foreign national who applies for asylum in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Reunion, Saint-Martin, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Wallis and Futuna Is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-21

…lting from the cross-border merger 12° the likely effects of the cross-border merger on employment; 13° The arrangements for making a buy-out offer to members in accordance with Article L. 236-40; 14°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-8

…article L. 5212-1 shall provide information annually, in the declaration provided for inarticle L. 133-5-3 of the Social Security Code, made for the period of employment in April of the year followin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article R5461-4

…cle R. 5211-65; 6° For a manufacturer or its authorised representative mentioned in article R. 5212-13, not to designate a materiovigilance correspondent or not to communicate the name of this corresp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions

Article L312-16

…ciation certificates as well as any ceilings within which the deposit guarantee and resolution fund may have recourse to these certificates;4° The criteria taken into account by the Autorité de contrô…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Remuneration.

Article D6152-23-1

…eekly service obligations;c) Allowances corresponding to standby duty and to the travel to which it may give rise.The allowances mentioned in the previous two paragraphs are paid when, at the practiti…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…document of title. 3. All import or export authorisation titles (licences or other similar titles) may not, under any circumstances, be the subject of a loan, sale, assignment or, in general, any tra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41

…mply with coverage and risk-spreading ratios. To comply with solvency and liquidity standards, they may be authorised to use their internal risk assessment approaches. Credit institutions and finance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Terms and conditions for the transfer of competences

Article LO6271-8

…ms and conditions defined below. II. - Within eighteen months of the publication of the organic law no. 2007-223 of 21 February 2007 referred to above, one or more agreements concluded between the rep…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article Annexe article A43-6

…C 3.5 c) For the clinical examination and blood test provided for in articles R. 3354-7 to R. 3354-13 of the Public Health Code and for the opinion given by the expert referred to in article R. 3354-…

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