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Showing 651660 of 66952 articles for Art. L. 210-6 and C. civ. Art. 1844-3

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article D5121-69-3

I.-The maximum value of the period referred to in 1° of II of Article L. 5121-12 is set at two years from the date on which the authorisation referred to in this Article is granted. II.-The maximum va…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Illicit obtaining, use and disclosure

Article L151-6

…rson who was using or disclosing it unlawfully within the meaning of the first paragraph of Article L. 151-5.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The town council.

Article R2573-6-3

If a request for a secret ballot is adopted in accordance with the provisions of 1° of Article L. 2121-21, the mayor shall postpone this item of the agenda to a subsequent meeting. This meeting may no…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 12: The draft plan.

Article R631-34-6

The application made by the receiver in accordance with article L. 631-9-1 shall be made to the president of the court by summons from the company. The president of the court shall rule on this applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Direct access to specialised technical facilities

Article R6123-32-6

The regional health plan specifies the specialised activities involving direct patient care and provides for their location within the health region.An establishment's participation in such direct car…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-3

The request for authorisation specifies the nature of the duties entrusted to the reservist and the service or unit in which he or she will be called upon to perform them on his or her first posting.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Master and feeder UCITS

Article L214-22-6

I. - When the master UCITS and the feeder UCITS are authorised by the Autorité des marchés financiers, the latter shall immediately inform the feeder UCITS of any decision, measure or observation rela…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO EUROPEAN UNION CITIZENS AND MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES

Article L200-6

Restrictions on the right to move and reside freely in France imposed on foreign nationals whose situation is governed by this book may only be justified by behaviour which constitutes, from the point…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition on movement on French territory

Article L251-6

The sixth paragraph of Article L. 251-1 and articles L. 251-7 and

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: SCOPE

Article L110-6

Any foreigner, irrespective of the category to which he belongs by virtue of his residence in France, may acquire French nationality under the conditions laid down in Title I bis of Book I of the Civi…

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