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Showing 82218230 of 23655 articles for Art. Galec v. France – ECtHR – 17 Jan. 2012 – no. 51255/08

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-5

…icle…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope and implementation.

Article L2341-3

…ndertaking or group of undertakings whose registered office or that of the parent undertaking is in France ; 2° To the Community-scale undertaking or group of undertakings whose registered office or t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single chapter.

Article L641-3

…cept in the case of a duly substantiated threat to public order, foreign nationals residing outside France who have been relieved of their French disqualification sentences or whose French disqualific…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-22

…mits of the services that it is authorised to provide in the territory of a Member State other than France where it has its registered office and depending on the authorisation it has received there,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Registration in national directories

Article L6113-5

…vided for in Articles L. 613-1, L. 641-4 and L. 641-5 of the Education Code, shall be registered by France Compétences in the National Vocational Qualifications Register for a maximum period of five y…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L8291-1

…d'Etat to each employee carrying out building or public works on behalf of a company established in France or on behalf of a company established outside France in the event of secondment. It contains…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special tribute provisions

Article L334-1

As a tribute to the victims of the national tragedy that occurred during the French Cup match played at the Armand-Cesari stadium in Furiani on 5 May 1992, no match or sporting event organised as part…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-6

A European Union trade mark that validly claims the seniority of a trade mark registered in France or of an international registration designating France, in accordance with Articles 39 and 40 of Regu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Reporting obligations

Article 983

Persons owning assets mentioned in article 965 located in France without having their tax domicile there as well as persons mentioned in 2 of article 4 B may be invited by the tax department to appoin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-14

…or authorisation in the national registers and at any time during the registration period. Bulletin No. 3 of the criminal record less than three months old of the persons mentioned in the first paragr…

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