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Showing 19111920 of 57889 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 12-DCC-13 du 1 Feb 2012

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-31

…cision made following the mandatory prior administrative appeal, the request must be accompanied by:1° A copy of the payment notice for the post-parking charge;2° A copy of the compulsory prior admini…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-36

…is represented by a lawyer or by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation, the procedural acts, with the exception of the notification of the decision provided for in articles R. 2333-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-35

…t when the claimant has not been able to contest the parking charge directly affixed to his vehicle due to the transfer, theft, destruction or usurpation of the number plate of the said vehicle or any…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-29

The provisions of this sub-paragraph shall apply on pain of inadmissibility of the application.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-2

In compliance with the rules set out in the first paragraph of article R. 411-25 of the Highway Code, on-street spaces subject to payment of parking charges are signposted horizontally or vertically o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-13

…onsult data contained in the automated processing of personal data provided for in article L. 544-2 du code pénitentiaire.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-13

…court clerk will immediately summon, by any means, in their capacity as parties to the proceedings:1° The applicant and his lawyer, if he has one ;2° The person who is the subject of psychiatric care…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-3

…nic surveillance and the reason for detention by reference solely to the provisions of the articles 143-1 et 144. In criminal cases, decisions extending pre-trial detention beyond eight months or reje…

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

Article R623-13

…ant variety authority of the envelope or message containing the application; if payment of the fees due at the time of filing is not made until later, the date of filing of the application transmitted…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-13

…f undertakings for collective investment and investment funds referred to in 3° of I of Article L. 214-20 include units or shares of UCITS governed by French or foreign law or units or shares of FIAs…

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