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Showing 30113020 of 53863 articles for Art. Rép. Cherki: AN 24-1-2017 n° 94515

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-109

…dispositions de l'article D. 312-1 du code du cinéma et de l'image anim…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article D6312-1

…tative of the State in Saint-Martin exercises his powers under the conditions set out in the décret n°2007-1072 of 6 July 2007 relating to the representative of the State in the collectivity of Saint-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-2

…taken for a maximum period of four months. It may only be renewed under the same conditions of form and duration, without the total duration of the interception exceeding one year or, in the case of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-1

I.-The placing on the market, putting into service and making available on the market of medical devices and their accessories shall comply with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the Europ…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article R431-16

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried childre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Documents provided to the labour inspector

Article D3171-16

…ividualised working hours, or for a period equivalent to the reference period in the case of the organisation of working time over a period longer than one year, the documents existing in the company…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Capital increases

Article L212-15

Companies may carry out capital increases by issuing shares reserved for employees under the terms and conditions set out either in Articles L. 225-187 to L. 225-197 of the French Commercial Code or i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-157

I. - Notwithstanding the third paragraph of Article L. 214-24-29 and the first paragraph of Article L. 214-24-34, the fund rules or the articles of association of the specialised professional fund sha…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L463-1

The provisions of the article mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, in the wording indica…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Qualities and conditions required to enter into marriage

Article 160

If the current residence of those of the ascendants of the minor of eighteen years of age whose death has not been established is unknown and if these ascendants have not given any news of them for on…

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