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Showing 47614770 of 8144 articles for Art. 9 juill. 1979

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article R2511-12

…gh mayors or the municipal commission with the information mentioned in articles R. 2511-8, R. 2511-9 and R. 2511-11. These dwellings are allocated or proposed for allocation under the conditions set…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession

Article R821-74

…aires aux Comptes or, where controls are implemented by the High Council pursuant to Article L. 821-9, the Director General of the High Council shall keep copies of the documents for a period of six y…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Actions in the workplace.

Article R4624-5

…onfidential nature of the data and the protection of the information referred to in article R. 4624-9.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Duties and performance of duties

Article L121-1

The Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration (French Office for Immigration and Integration) is a public administrative establishment of the State responsible, throughout the country, for…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 6: Border checks and presentation of identity documents

Article 67

…conditions laid down in Chapter II of Title II and Chapter II of Title III of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules govern…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-6-1-A

…ed in electronic form and usable by means of a physical medium within the meaning of article L. 315-9 of this code.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Role of the departmental prefect

Article R322-10

…in article L. 111-3, the Prefect may, under the conditions set out in articles R. 322-3 and R. 322-9, order the closure of an establishment whose operator opposes or attempts to oppose the administra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R121-11

…igration and Integration may delegate some of its powers mentioned in 11° and 12° of Article R. 121-9 to the Director General, under the conditions it determines. The Director General shall report to…

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

Article D551-16

The offer of care made to the asylum seeker in application of article L. 551-9 shall mention the possibility for the asylum seeker to be refused the benefit of material reception conditions or for the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Maintenance of benefits.

Article L5141-3

People who meet one of the conditions mentioned in 1° to 9° of article L. 5141-1 and who receive the specific solidarity allowance or the widowhood allowance provided for in article L. 356-1 of the So…

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