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Showing 48314840 of 50871 articles for Art. 1341-2 · Cass. com. 12 January 1988

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Health conditions inherent in residential premises

Article R1331-26

…ided that it is easily accessible, and this until the date set in article 6 bis of the decree of 30 January 2002 relating to the characteristics of decent housing taken for the application ofarticle 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIc: Provisions applicable to certain breaches of the Highway Code

Article R49-20

In the case provided for in paragraph 2 of Article 470-1, the procedure set out in article R. 41-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Controls

Article L3515-2

…té intérieure (Code of Internal Security) may draw up official reports of breaches of articles L. 3512-8, L. 3512-12, L. 3513-5 and L. 3513-6 of this Code and the regulations adopted for their applica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-2

…or the user company is liable to an administrative fine, under the conditions set out in article L. 1264-3 : 1° In the event of failure to comply with one of the obligations mentioned in I of article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-26

The body is placed in a hermetically sealed coffin meeting the conditions set out in Article R. 2213-27 in the following cases: 1° If the person was suffering at the time of death from one of the tran…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-2

The following is punishable by a fourth-class fine: 1° Contravening the provisions of article R. 1221-9 relating to the provision of a copy of the pre-employment declaration or the acknowledgement of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Advisory committee on the management of the Paris fire brigade reporting to the Prefect of Police

Article D2512-20

The commission is consulted on those provisions of the special budget of the police prefecture that relate to the financing of the Paris fire brigade.The consultative commission must also be asked for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Advisory committee on the management of the Paris fire brigade reporting to the Prefect of Police

Article D2512-21

Within the limits of its competence, the consultative commission receives communication, when they are transmitted to the Paris council, of documents of a budgetary nature relating to the Paris fire b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Content and electronic form of the register

Article R521-2

…register in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of articles R. 626-25 and R. 642-12 of the same code or, failing that, those for which the debtors are entered in the Trade and Compa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289

…ervices for which tax is payable by the customer pursuant to Article 196 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC of 28 November 2006 on the common system of value added tax, the invoice is issued no later th…

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