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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Funding and cash resources

Article D6323-21-1

The rules and penalties set out in articles R. 6332-27 to R. 6332-29 apply to the management of funds that the regional interprofessional joint committee may have at its disposal at 31 December under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Reference perimeter and authorisation for installation within this perimeter

Article R761-12-2

…of deposit, which will mention the date before which the decision must be notified to the applicant and which will advise the applicant of the fact that, if no decision has been sent to the applicant…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-22-1

The third fraction of the rural solidarity grant is allocated to the first ten thousand communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants or mentioned in I of article L. 2334-22-2, from among those eligible…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-25-1

Operators or managers are required to notify the Prefect of the département without delay of any serious accident caused by any of the equipment mentioned in this section. A serious accident is a fata…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-20-2

…It shall communicate to the Agency, spontaneously or at the request of the latter, the decisions handed down by the judicial courts in the context of these proceedings. Unless otherwise indicated by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 181-2

Where an indictment order of the examining magistrate which is no longer subject to appeal has, with regard to the criminal qualifications retained, mistakenly referred the accused to the assize court…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 167-2

…te may ask the expert to submit a provisional report before his final report. The public prosecutor and the parties then have a period set by the examining magistrate, which may not be less than fifte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 175-2

…he person under investigation, the complexity of the investigations required to ascertain the truth and the exercise of the rights of the defence. If, at the end of a period of two years from the open…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-12-2

…the next renewal of the municipal council. The same applies in the cases provided for in the second and third paragraphs of article L. 2113-10, for the mayor of the former commune chef-lieu, for the m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-25-1

…Article 63 of Law No. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolises are compensated for the State and for the local authorities with…

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