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Showing 15511560 of 45512 articles for Art. Rép. Rabault: AN 25-2-2020 n° 24560

French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article R836-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless other…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article R834-2

…the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article R832-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless ot…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article R835-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R323-2

The application for approval, accompanied by a file drawn up in accordance with article R. 323-1, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Minister of Culture, who issues a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R326-2

The application for approval, accompanied by a file drawn up in accordance with article R. 326-1, is sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Minister for Culture, who issues a…

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

Article R754-20

The lawyer or representative of one of the associations mentioned in article L. 531-15, appointed by the asylum seeker, is authorised to enter the place of detention to attend his/her interview under…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Book III: Companies.

Article A370-2

…ticle L. 310-12 may ask the institution referred to in Article L. 370-1 for documents proving compliance with the provisions of the Insurance Code applicable to it, and in particular Articles L. 370-1…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Divorce on grounds of permanent impairment of the marriage bond

Article 238

…riod characterising the definitive alteration of the marital bond is assessed when the divorce is granted. However, without prejudice to the provisions of article 246, where an application on this bas…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-23-2

Each commune in the overseas departments receives an allocation under the equalisation grant mentioned in III of article L. 2334-23-1 calculated on the basis of its population, multiplied by a synthet…

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