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Showing 41014110 of 8385 articles for Art. CE 26-11-1982 n° 30956

French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Hiking routes.

Article D343-4

Articles R. 161-25, R. 161-26 and R. 161-27 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code set out the rules for the disposal of rural roads in the cases provided for in article L. 161-10-1 of the Rural and M…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article L22-10-27

…for their activity, pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 225-83, is determined in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-26.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L551-8

Material reception conditions for asylum seekers, within the meaning of Directive 2013/33/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 laying down standards for the reception of pe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R*431-6-2

…22-26 are applicable to the representatives of the French State on the Board of Directors of Caisse centrale de réassurance (1). The mandate of member of the Board of Directors representing the State…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L641-1

…egislative part of this Code are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Book I, with the exception of 6° of Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and content of the plan

Article R4251-4

…determined, in particular, with regard to identified daily travel needs between home and the workplace. They are aimed at: - the articulation between the different modes of travel, particularly with r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: PENALTIES

Article R132-1

Refusals to sell or provide services, in disregard of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 121-11, are punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences. Recidivism is punishable…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-5-1

…on asks a competent authority of another Member State to carry out on-site inspections of an insurance or reinsurance undertaking or of a person linked to it, pursuant to the first paragraph of Articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-15

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or lega…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: EXAMINATION OF THE ASYLUM APPLICATION AT THE FRONTIER

Article L351-2

Unaccompanied minors may only be placed and held in the waiting area for the time strictly necessary to determine whether their asylum application is inadmissible or manifestly unfounded, in exception…

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