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Showing 14211430 of 3964 articles for Art. CA Paris – 24 Nov. 2016

French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article R351-8

Sont applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article R. 351-9, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-2

…ent and any request for assistance.To this end, the delegated production company fills in, electronically, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, accompanied by the ins…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L641-7

For the application of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Automatic processing of personal data known as "Application for managing the files of foreign nationals in France".

Article R142-25

In accordance with Article 23 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in order to guarantee the right of residence of legal residents and to combat the illegal entry and residence of foreigne…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and election (R)

Article R5211-34

…nt for inter-municipal cooperation from which a commune applies to withdraw includes the commune of Paris, the restricted formation of the competent departmental commission for inter-municipal coopera…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-4

…spect of an employee in disregard of the provisions of this chapter or of II of Article 10-1 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, combating corruption and modernising economic life is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Professional card

Article L4002-2

The European professional card is applicable to the professions of pharmacist, nurse and masseur-physiotherapist under the conditions set out in Articles 1 to 4 of Order 2016-1809 of 22 December 2016…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-80

For oral hearings before the Paris enforcement judge or court, the public prosecutor is represented by the public prosecutor of the Paris judicial court. These hearings shall take place at the Paris J…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Acts of the municipal authorities and litigation.

Article D2573-11

…ioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table subject to the adaptations provided for in II to II…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R920-1

…o the adaptations provided for in the chapters below, the following provisions of the code are applicable in the Department of Mayotte:1° Book I, with the exception of articles R. 123-171-1, R. 122-1…

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