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Showing 21712180 of 3129 articles for Art. CA Colmar – 22 Nov. 2023 – no. 22/00551

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Administration and municipal services

Article L2542-27

As an exception to the provisions of article L. 2223-17, on an exceptional basis, when a thirty-year, fifty-year, hundred-year or perpetual plot, granted before 11 November 1918 to persons who, on 22…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7125-23

…ure the remuneration of employees or approved associations or companies responsible for either childcare or assistance to the elderly, disabled or those who need personal assistance in their home or a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-28

…management objective is to reach, at the end of a given period, an amount determined by the mechanical application of a predefined calculation formula, with reference to financial market indicators o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MUNICIPAL ASSETS

Article R2241-4

…reinvestment. The funds are handed over at the request of the seller and on production of a certificate from the notary certifying the completion of the re-investment assignment entrusted to him. Thi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-78

…hair meetings of the Sentence Enforcement Commission when the situation of a sentenced person whose case he is monitoring pursuant to Article 706-22-1, either in person or using a means of audiovisual…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to the procedure for immediate collection by enforcement officers

Article A37-27-5

…to be given to the offender or the perpetrator of the offence, it mentions a unique identifier allocated by the computerised system as the bundle number and its issue must be accompanied by the recor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article R773-23

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations of investment service providers

Article R774-23

…isted in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Restructuring of branches

Article R2261-15

I.-The criterion provided for by 2° of I of article L. 2261-32 is assessed with regard to: 1° The low number of agreements concluded over the last two years, in particular those ensuring a national mi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Membership rules

Article D3141-12

In companies carrying out one or more activities falling within the scope of the extended national collective agreements for building and public works, holiday entitlement is provided on the basis of…

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