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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Residential and business premises

Article 1496 bis

…ce of a community development syndicate created in application of loi n° 70-610 du 10 juillet 1970, may decide, by a deliberation taken before 1 July 1986, that all residential premises and premises f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Communal and inter-communal social action centres (R).

Article R2113-14

The section of the local social action centre, created by application of article L. 2113-13, in its wording prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010de réforme des collectivités territoriales,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee and local representative

Article R2421-14

In the event of serious misconduct, the employer may lay off the employee immediately pending the decision of the labour inspector. The Social and Economic Committee shall be consulted within ten days…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Members and departments of the High Council

Article R821-14

…allowance for his duties, which is set by order of the Minister of Justice. The general rapporteur may, in the event of absence or impediment, delegate his duties to an investigator authorised pursua…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Assessment and certification.

Article R6113-14

…rts responsible for these visits with any document required for their analysis. The medical experts may, at their request, consult medical records or documents under the conditions laid down in the la…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-14

…L. 335-10 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a registered copyright or related right may be destroyed under the supervision of customs officers provided the following conditions are met…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-14

…hin one month of the day on which he was given formal notice to take a decision. This formal notice may not itself take place before the expiry of the period provided for in the title "Inheritances" f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article 706-144

…of the public prosecutor, his opinion is sought beforehand. The applicant and the Public Prosecutor may appeal against the decision to the Investigating Chamber within ten days of being notified of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article L4422-14

When the normal functioning of the Assembly proves impossible, the Government may pronounce its dissolution by reasoned decree taken in the Council of Ministers. It shall inform Parliament of this as…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The European order for payment.

Article 1424-10

…he date of the hearing to which the parties are summoned; 4° The conditions under which the parties may be assisted and represented. The summons sent to the defendant also specifies that, if he fails…

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