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Showing 12911300 of 27005 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 6 Dec. 1994

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

Article L521-6

Where France is responsible for examining the asylum application, foreign nationals are informed when their asylum application is registered of the languages in which they may be heard during the pers…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Experimentation

Article LO1113-6

Before the expiry of the period set for the experiment and in the light of its evaluation, the law shall determine, where appropriate:- the conditions for extending or modifying the experimentation fo…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Right of communication by the financial authorities.

Article 64 A

1. Under no circumstances may State administrations, départements and communes, as well as companies granted concessions by the State, départements and communes, or any establishments or bodies whatso…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-30

…e same time as the ruling authorising the surrender provided for in the fourth paragraph of article 695-31. The public prosecutor and the wanted person are heard, the latter assisted, if necessary, by…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Concession contracts awarded without prior advertising or competitive tendering

Article R3121-6

Concession contracts may be concluded without prior advertising or competitive tendering in the following cases: 1° The concession contract may only be awarded to a specific economic operator for tech…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L926-6

A Article L. 642-1, the obligation on the court to take account of the priorities of the regional master plan for agricultural holdings mentioned in Article L. 312-1 of the Code rural et de la pêche m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the importation of plasma pastes and labile blood products intended for the preparation of health products.

Article D1221-66

…rt authorisation, the importer must certify, notwithstanding the provisions of g of Article D. 1221-61, that the samples of blood or its components, from which the product for which the import authori…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-4

…med, and in general whenever the public prosecution of the requesting State has been extinguished ; 6° When the act for which extradition has been requested is punishable under the legislation of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-6

…cable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in their version resulting from decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For their application in New Caledo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-6

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé will notify the applicant of his decision within four months of the date on which the application is dee…

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