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Showing 16211630 of 62179 articles for Art. 25-8 II al. 2

French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-8

The guarantee fund may take all legal action necessary to obtain payment of damages and sums awarded in application of articles 375 or 475-1 of the code of criminal procedure from the persons responsi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article L4312-8

The president of the regional council presents the administrative account annually to the regional council, which debates it under the chairmanship of one of its members.The president of the regional…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6252-8

…powers specific to the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, in accordance with the provisions of Book II of Part Two.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6352-8

…lice powers specific to the collectivity of Saint-Martin, in accordance with the provisions of Book II of Part Two..

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6462-8

…ffice of President of the Territorial Council pursuant to Articles LO 141 of the Electoral Code, L. 2122-4 or L. 4133-3 of this code may not receive a delegation until the end of their term of office…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Commitment of expenditure and authorising officer's accounts (R)

Article D2342-8

Mayors remain responsible, under their own responsibility, for the remittance to beneficiaries of mandates ordered by them and payable in cash.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article R3312-8

The financing requirement or surplus of the investment section recorded at the end of the financial year is made up of the outturn balance corrected by the outstanding commitments. The outturn balance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article R4312-8

…forecast are carried forward, under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of article L. 4312-9, the entries in the budget are justified by the production in the appendix of a sheet calculatin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable persons

Article 8

…ies which do not take, de jure or de facto, one of the forms of company referred to in 1 of article 206 and which, subject to the exceptions provided for in article 239 ter, do not engage in a busines…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article R50-85

…peines mentioned in this chapter may be challenged by way of appeal, in accordance with Article 706-25-19, under the conditions set out in 2° of Article 712-11.

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