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Showing 20412050 of 23655 articles for Art. Galec v. France – ECtHR – 17 Jan. 2012 – no. 51255/08

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: French nationals by birth in France

Article 19-3

A child born in France is French if at least one of its parents was born there.

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
TITLE VII: GENERAL INTEREST AIRPORTS OUTSIDE METROPOLITAN FRANCE.

Article L270-1

In order to ensure the commercial operation of airports belonging to the State outside mainland France, one or more public commercial establishments may be set up by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Thes…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article L614-24

…e protection of inventions made under the Washington Treaty includes the designation or election of France, such application shall be deemed to be for a European patent governed by the provisions of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1038

…59-151 modifiée du 7 janvier 1959, relative à l'organisation des transports de voyageurs en Ile-de-France, are registered at a fixed fee of 125 euros.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment.

Article R131-6

The Banque de France shall provide each person wishing to carry out the checks referred to in Article R. 131-5, or have them carried out by an authorised representative, with an access code for the fi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment.

Article R131-9

The Banque de France shall inform any person carrying out the checks provided for in this sub-section that the dissemination and retention by any person of the information obtained is prohibited, subj…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment.

Article R131-5

…e is given to pay for goods or services may, directly or through an agent, check with the Banque de France to ensure that the cheque has not been reported stolen or lost, drawn on a closed account or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment.

Article R131-7

The person consulting the file indicates the access code allocated to him. In the case of a proxy, the proxy must indicate his or her own access code and that of the payee of the cheque. The query inc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment.

Article R131-8

The Banque de France's reply is sent without delay to the person consulting the file. In the case of a proxy, the proxy shall inform the principal without delay. When the Banque de France finds that a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial allocations paid by France Compétences

Article R6123-28

…ed in article R. 6123-24 is paid according to a schedule defined by agreement between the State and France Compétences. The allocations mentioned in article R. 6123-25 are paid on a quarterly basis.Th…

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