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Showing 611620 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Water and sanitation.

Article D2573-22

…9 to R. 2224-19-4 and R. 2224-19-6 to R. 2224-19-10 and articles R. 2224-20 and R. 2224-21 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II to IX. II. -…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions.

Article R2223-22

…21 do not derogate from the provisions governing military burials. When a person whose death certificate bears the entry "Died for France" duly recorded has been buried in a perpetual or centenary plo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Assignment or pledging of receivables

Article R2193-22

…mount of the services paid directly to him. A copy of the original of the contract or of the certificate of transferability provided for in article R. 2191-46 or, where applicable, of the special deed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Elections

Article R4441-22

…for the High Representative of the State and the National Council, from the day of receipt of notification of the minutes of the election. The time limits are counted in accordance with the provisions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Emergency department structure

Article D6124-22

…means for immediate resuscitation; 4° A short-term hospitalisation unit with at least two beds, the capacity of which is adapted to the activity of the facility. When an analysis of emergency activity…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Compulsory sale of seized assets

Article A444-22

When the performance of the following services requires an execution time greater than the reference time specified in the table below, they give rise to the collection of an additional session fee un…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Penalties.

Article R310-22

Any manager of an undertaking subject to State supervision by virtue of Article L. 310-1 and of a supplementary occupational pension fund who fails to comply with the obligations or prohibitions resul…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-1

Where the spouses agree on the breakdown of the marriage and its effects, they shall record, each assisted by a lawyer, their agreement in an agreement in the form of a private deed countersigned by t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account funding

Article R6323-22

…full year, the personal training account is topped up by a fraction of the amount referred to in I, calculated in proportion to the time worked during the year. When the calculation of rights results…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

Article R2-22

When the beneficiary of an authorisation issued pursuant to article 15-4 brings an action for damages before a civil court or submits a claim for compensation to the Commission d'indemnisation des vic…

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