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Showing 46214630 of 22276 articles for Art. n° 20-15164 · Cass. 3e civ. 16 February 2022

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-3

Pursuant to the sixth paragraph of Article L. 355-1, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article R. 352-29, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may limit the regular communicat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L1811-2

…French Polynesia that have concluded a city contract defined in article 6 of law no. 2014-173 of 21 February 2014 on town planning and urban cohesion, the mayor and the president of the public establi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-21

…3-9-2 and L. 4135-9-2" are replaced by the words: "of Article 126 of Organic Law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia".

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article L5843-3

…ok VII of Part Five of the present Code mentioned in Article 55-1 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia are applicable to French Polynesia subjec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of the Assize Court

Article 231

Subject to the provisions of article 380-16, the assize court has full jurisdiction to try, at first instance or on appeal, the persons referred to it by the decision to indict.It may not hear any oth…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibition on entering or being in the vicinity of a venue where a sporting event is taking place

Article R332-4

For the purposes of the third paragraph of article L. 332-16, the obligation to respond to a summons is exercised with a police or gendarmerie authority in a department within whose territorial jurisd…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Issue of residence permits

Article R233-18

…nition of the right to residency of the foreign nationals mentioned in articles R. 233-11 to R. 233-16 is not subject to possession of the residency permit that these articles provide for, or of the c…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Foreign nationals authorised to reside in France under family reunification arrangements

Article R423-4

An application for a residence permit under article L. 423-16 is equivalent to an application for renewal of the residence permit previously acquired when it is submitted after three years of uninterr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Orientation

Article R551-5

…551-3, the benefit of material reception conditions may be terminated, pursuant to Article L. 551-16.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-3

…uitment or termination of an employment contract, in disregard of the provisions of article L. 1221-16 and the order issued for its application, is punishable by a fourth-class fine.

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