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Showing 26612670 of 53863 articles for Art. Rép. Cherki: AN 24-1-2017 n° 94515

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: Other legal divorce proceedings

Article 1126

Subject to the provisions of Article 472, the court may not raise of its own motion the plea that the one-year period provided for in the first paragraph of article 238 of the Civil Code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-152-2

…tificates referred to in the last paragraph of Article R. 123-152 are issued by the court clerks on an electronic medium under the following conditions: 1° They are drawn up using a system for process…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional acts

Article D4362-11-1

The optician-mutician may adapt the optical corrections of eye contact lens prescriptions dating from less than :-one year, for patients under 16 years of age;-three years for a medical prescription a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article R1526-1

…ions of Chapter III of Title IV of Book I of this Part shall apply in the territories of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2017-888 of 6 May 2017 on the group acti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R152-1

…12 to R. 142-15R. 142-16of decree no. 2022-1703 of 27 December 2022R. 142-17 to R. 142-23R. 142-24 and R. 142-25of decree no. 2021-313 of 24 March 2021R. 142-26 to R. 142-32 R. 142-41 to R. 142-58

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R153-1

…12 to R. 142-15R. 142-16of decree no. 2022-1703 of 27 December 2022R. 142-17 to R. 142-23R. 142-24 and R. 142-25Decree no. 2021-313 of 24 March 2021R. 142-26 to R. 142-32 R. 142-41 to R. 142-58

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation of the commune

Article L2573-12

I. - The provisions of Chapter I of Title III of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retirement savings plans

Article D224-12-1

For the application of article L. 224-24, a compulsory inter-company retirement savings plan may be set up by several companies for the benefit of all their employees or one or more categories of empl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-1

I. - Advertising for the devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 means any form of information, including canvassing,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5223-1

I. - Advertising for the devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 means any form of information, including canvassing,…

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