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Showing 481490 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Crime prevention

Article D2512-15-13

…st drugs, sectarian aberrations and violence against women and the delinquency prevention plan applicable in Paris are governed by the section 6 of Chapter II of Title III of Book I of the Internal Se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Public information.

Article R513-10-15

…ubmit a request by post to the address mentioned in 6° of article R. 513-10-5 or by fax or electronically to the contact details mentioned in 9° of the same article, specifying in particular the name…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary documents issued while an application submitted without using the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15

The receipt for an application to renew a residence permit authorising the holder to carry out a professional activity authorises the holder to carry out a professional activity.The receipt for an app…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-15

…nimum value of lots is set at 15 euros for sales of goods of any kind, ordered or authorised in the cases provided for by articles L. 322-14 and L. 322-15. This minimum may be lowered by the court or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the collection of parking charges by a contracting third party

Article R2333-120-11

For the collection of parking fees paid by immediate payment or by payment of the post-parking charge within the period in which it is due, a third-party organisation may be used, under the conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Special procedures for determining the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 D

…etermination of the rental value of industrial fixed assets whose ownership is, pursuant to the loi n° 2014-872 du 4 août 2014 portant réforme ferroviaire, transférée à la SNCF ou à SNCF Réseau, le pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Renewal and transfer of approval

Article D1-12-12

Application for the transfer of approval, and the investigation and approval of the transfer of approval are carried out under the same conditions as those laid down for the issue of approval.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-12

The parallel import authorisation is issued for a period of five years. It specifies the differences mentioned in article R. 5141-123-8 with the speciality that has obtained marketing authorisation in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article D591-15

…551-20, D. 551-22, D. 553-1 to D. 553-28, D. 554-1, D. 561-12 to D 561-14 and D. 581-7 are not applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2 - Receipt and processing of requests for implementation of the individual right to training

Article D1621-15

…123-12, L. 3123-10, L. 4135-10, L. 7125-12, L. 7227-12 of this code or article L. 121-37 of the New Caledonian Municipalities Code, a training course is financed both by the fund for the individual ri…

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