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Showing 36813690 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Planning and sustainable development

Article L4424-15-1

…y of the plan are subject to a joint examination by the State, the territorial collectivity of Corsica and the associated public bodies mentioned in article L. 4424-13. The compatibility project is su…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Provisions specific to certain matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 15

…ry to affix and remove seals; it may instruct him to make an inventory.The interested heirs must be called to these operations if no delay results. Where these measures have been taken in the absence…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article L632-15-1

…hout the express agreement of the authority or person that provided the information and, where applicable, solely for the purposes for which that authority or person gave its agreement. By way of dero…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Economic solidarity groups.

Article L5132-15-2

…to guarantee the continuity of pathways to integration, a legal entity governed by private law may carry out or coordinate one or more integration actions as referred to in sub-section 1 of this sect…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-15-1

…including under the conditions provided for in article L. 5143-4, as well as the conditions of application of this article.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-15

Detailed rules for the application of this chapter shall be laid down by decree.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-154-1

…the third paragraph of Article L. 232-25. Annual accounts that are accompanied by a simplified publication statement pursuant to Article R. 123-111-1 may only be issued in full to companies that have…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-15

…l divisions, draws up, every two years, a proposal for the rating of customs officers authorised to carry out judicial police duties, which he sends to the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-15

…e liberty and custody judge fails to give a ruling within three months or if the request for rectification or deletion is not granted, the interested party may, within ten days, refer the matter to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French judicial authorities of a European Investigation Order issued by another Member State

Article D47-1-15

Where the issuing authority has indicated in the European Investigation Decision that, because of procedural deadlines, the seriousness of the infringement or other particularly urgent circumstances,…

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