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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6251-7

Appeals against this deliberation are referred to the Conseil d'Etat. The State representative may, within one month of the transmission provided for in article LO 6251-6, refer the decision to the Co…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-10

Any breach of the information obligations set out in articles L. 221-5, L. 221-6, L. 221-8, L. 221-11, L. 221-12 to L. 221-14 is liable to an administrative fine of up to €15,000 for a natural person…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-11

The decisions of the sentence enforcement judge and the sentence enforcement court may be appealed by the sentenced person, by the public prosecutor and by the public prosecutor, as from their notific…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declaration of sporting events with no timekeeping, no ranking and no pre-set timetable

Article R331-8

The organiser of an event mentioned in 2° of article R. 331-6 submits a declaration to the territorially competent prefect no later than one month before the date of the event. For events taking place…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-21

The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion may authorise the jury members mentioned in article R. 212-10-2 to use audiovisual means of communication in application of the provisions of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-10

The documents whose production is provided for in articles R. 623-4 to R. 623-6 as well as in articles R. 623-15, R. 623-17 and R. 623-36 must be written in the French language. The person in charge o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Powers of investigation

Article L512-56

Visit and seizure operations may not be started before 6 a.m. or after 9 p.m.However, authorised agents may, when the needs of the investigation so require, carry out these operations outside these ho…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL CONTRACT CONDITIONS

Article D211-7

Any invoicing document given to the consumer, at the time of purchase of a good belonging to one of the categories mentioned in article D. 211-6, includes a statement to the effect that the goods bene…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Adjudication of applications from foreign nationals and administrative authorities

Article R743-1

For the application of articles L. 743-3 to L. 743-18, the competent liberties and detention judge is that of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the foreign national is held in detention or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-11

In order to obtain data on the costs of care within health care institutions, national cost studies are carried out each year on health care institutions in the categories mentioned in a to d of artic…

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