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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-28

…t chamber, formulated in accordance with article L. 1612-14 aimed at re-establishing a balanced budget, relate to measures that are the sole responsibility of the local authority or public institution…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-26

The procedure defined in articles R. 1612-19 to R. 1612-23 applies when a local authority or local public body has not sent the administrative account provided for in article L. 1612-13.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-27

…to its referral, in addition to the administrative account and the management account, all the budgetary documents relating to the financial year in question and to the following financial year.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV A: Certain regulated tariffs

Article A444-203

…e la concurrence, the tables drawn up in accordance with the models appearing respectively in I and II of Annex 4-2 to this book.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The procedure applicable to divorce by judicial mutual consent

Article 250

…mutual agreement. The judge examines the application with each of the spouses, then brings them together. He then calls the lawyer or lawyers.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Application for circuit approval

Article A331-21-2

…° A layout plan of the circuit or a plan of the tracks used in compliance with the technical and safety rules mentioned in article R. 331-19 including, in particular, detailed plans of the areas reser…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-24

For each judicial environmental officer, a request for authorisation is sent, on the proposal of the Director General of the French Biodiversity Office, to the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-25

The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal within whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located grants or refuses authorisa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-26

The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal within whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located shall order the withdrawal…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of acquiring French nationality

Article 22

A person who has acquired French nationality shall enjoy all the rights and be bound by all the obligations attached to French nationality, from the day of such acquisition.

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