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Showing 24212430 of 64636 articles for Art. CE 12-5-2022 n° 416727 and CE 27-3-2020 n° 428234

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4352-12-1

The competent authority's assessment of the applicant's command of the French language results in a decision that may be appealed to the administrative court with territorial jurisdiction.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous benefits

Article R3423-12

For application in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, article R. 3261-13-1 reads as follows: "Art. R. 3261-13-1 -The other shared mobility services mentioned in article L. 3261-3-1 include: 1° The sel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: The Pay Parking Disputes Commission

Article R2333-120-28 bis

The Commission's General Meeting, made up of all magistrates, meets at least once a year. It is convened and chaired by its chairman. It examines issues of common interest. Its role is consultative. T…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: The Pay Parking Disputes Commission

Article R2333-120-28 ter

…1 February, the chairman of the commission shall submit an activity report to the Minister of Justice. The Chairman of the Commission shall attach to this report any useful observations on matters of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: The Pay Parking Disputes Commission

Article R2333-120-21 bis

…er that may be paid annually by the same rapporteur, are set by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister for the Budget.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Anti-doping education

Article R232-41-12

…cation plan referred to in 12° of the I of article L. 232-5 includes an assessment of the situation and determines the target groups, objectives and activities as well as monitoring procedures.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Direct payment at the request of a body responsible for paying family benefits

Article R213-12

The direct payment procedure implemented by a body that owes family benefits ends, at the latest, at the end of the twenty-fourth monthly payment made by the garnishee. Subject to the provisions of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-12

The statutory auditors and, within sociétés de commissaires aux comptes, the persons performing the duties of statutory auditor mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 822-9 may not be appointe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Diseases transmitted by insects

Article R3114-12

…or intervention around human cases of disease or to limit the transmission of vector-borne diseases and the risk of epidemics; 2° The identification of public or private organisations that can contrib…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-12

As far as France is concerned, the European patent shall be declared invalid by a court decision on any of the grounds referred to in Article 138(1) of the Munich Convention.If the grounds for invalid…

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