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Showing 24212430 of 21929 articles for Art. CE 12-5-2022 n° 416727

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article ANNEXE, art. 30-12

…for in article 5. In the event that the notification is returned to the court registry and the notice has not been signed by its addressee, the notification shall be deemed to have been validly made…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single chapter: Treatment of over-indebtedness

Article L771-5

…e same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 751-2 to L. 751-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 751-5Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2018-1125 du 12 décembre 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55-5

…l-in under the following conditions: 1° Tier 1 core capital instruments are written down in accordance with Article L. 613-48-3 ; 2° If the reduction made pursuant to 1° above is less than the sum of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-5-5

…ata and the expertise of local players, the people present in the area who do not have sufficient access to water intended for human consumption; 2° Draw up an inventory of the methods of access to wa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-5

I.-In application of 13° of article L. 122-5 and subject to II of this article, libraries accessible to the public, museums, archive services or institutions holding film, audiovisual or sound heritag…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Anti-doping education

Article R232-41-12-1

…doping education is a priority, the French Anti-Doping Agency takes into account the level of practice of athletes and support staff, the sport discipline and the associated doping risks, as well as f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Tobacco

Article 568

…nopoly is entrusted to the administration, which exercises it, under conditions and according to procedures laid down by decree, through the intermediary of tobacconists designated as its agents and l…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-5

…he adaptations provided for from II to X. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2121-1 la loi n° 2019-1461 du 27 décembre 2019 L. 2121-2 la loi n° 2013-403 du 17 mai 2013 L. 2121-2-1 law no. 201…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Claims in contentious matters.

Article 58

…this option is open to them under Article 12, the parties may, if they have not already done so since the dispute arose, give the judge, in the joint application, the task of ruling as amiable compos…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article L2224-12-1-1

…ion utilities are authorised to implement social measures designed to make effective the right of access to drinking water and sanitation under conditions that are economically acceptable to all, as s…

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