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Showing 15411550 of 37977 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9-4-2002 n° 98-16.829

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RESTRICTED ASYLUM APPLICATIONS

Article R754-9

If the Prefect decides to keep the foreign national referred to in Article R. 754-7 in detention, the authority responsible for the application, as soon as it is informed of this, will immediately for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Non-salaried worker training insurance funds.

Article L6332-9

Self-employed workers, members of the liberal professions and non-salaried professions may set up training insurance funds for non-salaried workers in the professions or professional branches in quest…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration upon declaration

Article R123-95

He checks that the statements comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions, correspond to the supporting documents and deeds filed in the appendix and are compatible, in the case of an applic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2352-9

In order to distribute the seats allocated to each college between the trade union organisations, a quotient is calculated equal to the total number of elected representatives of this college in the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2372-9

In order to distribute the seats allocated to each college between the trade union organisations, a quotient is calculated equal to the total number of elected representatives of this college in the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article D2362-9

In order to distribute the seats allocated to each college between the trade union organisations, a quotient is calculated equal to the total number of elected representatives of this college in the s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Import procedures

Article R5138-9

Exceptionally and where necessary, in order to ensure the availability of medicinal products, where a manufacturing establishment of an active substance intended for export and located in a third coun…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Remote access to correspondence stored by means of electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier

Article 706-95

If the requirements of the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-9

I. - Where the purpose of the amendments is to incorporate new obligations directly imposed by law or do not have the effect of undermining its general scheme, the regional plan for spatial planning,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Minimum standards applicable to antenatal consultations.

Article R2122-9

Each antenatal clinic must have at least : 1° A medical office with all the equipment necessary for a proper examination of the patients, including a gynaecological table. At least two dressing tables…

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