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Showing 52515260 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article R5423-4

…Civil Code, a deed certified by a notary, a divorce agreement approved by a judge or by a court decision that has become enforceable are deducted from the resources of the person paying them.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Repeal of the prohibition on return

Article L613-7

…he foreign national applies to have the prohibition on return revoked, his application is only admissible if he can prove that he resides outside France. This condition does not apply:1° During the ti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-11

…he municipal council, which decides on the urgency and may decide to defer all or part of the discussion to the agenda of a later meeting.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Seasonal workers

Article R5221-25

…by the Prefect also applies when this contract is renewed and when a new seasonal work contract is signed in France.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-10

…thorisation to import a proprietary veterinary medicinal product in parallel is accompanied by a dossier comprising :1° For each presentation, a sample of the proprietary medicinal product which has o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-16

When the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail notifies the holder of the parallel import authorisation for a proprietary v…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability

Article 1310

Solidarity is legal or contractual; it cannot be presumed.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Personalised assistance for returning to work

Article R5133-17

…tributes the credits notified to him under article R. 5133-14 of this code between the bodies responsible for providing the revenu de solidarité active. Personalised assistance to return to work is th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-16

No one may be naturalised unless they are resident in France at the time of signing the naturalisation decree.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-4

The depositary of a UCITS governed by French law has its registered office or is established in France.

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