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Showing 8190 of 26972 articles for Art. CE 16-4-2012 n° 323592

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers.

Article L5214-16

I. - The communauté de communes automatically exercises, in place of the member communes, the competences falling within each of the following groups: 1° Spatial planning for the implementation of act…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article LO6221-16

…re always taken by secret ballot. However, the Territorial Council may unanimously decide not to proceed by secret ballot with appointments or presentations, unless legislative or regulatory provision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article LO6321-16

…re always taken by secret ballot. However, the Territorial Council may unanimously decide not to proceed by secret ballot with appointments or presentations, unless legislative or regulatory provision…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations.

Article LO6431-16

…ation for that meeting to another member of the territorial council. A territorial councillor may receive only one delegation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations

Article L7122-16

…eeting, to another member of the Assembly. A councillor to the Assembly of French Guiana may only receive one delegation.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Deliberations

Article L7222-16

…s expressly so provide. In other cases, the Assembly of Martinique may decide unanimously not to proceed with nominations by secret ballot.The results of public ballots, stating the names of those vot…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Prohibitions.

Article L7124-16

…cus or fairground attraction manager, to employ children under the age of sixteen in their performances; 3° Fathers and mothers engaged in the activities and professions mentioned in 1° and 2°, to emp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Auctions.

Article D514-16

Sales are announced at least ten days in advance by public notice or, where applicable, by printed and distributed catalogues, special notices and public display of the items to be sold.The notice sha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4126-16

Articles R. 611-2 to R. 611-5 of the Code of Administrative Justice relating to the communication of pleadings and exhibits, the first paragraph of article R. 611-7 relating to the grounds raised ex o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4234-16

…e complaint or submissions are inadmissible on grounds that can be remedied in the course of the proceedings, the court may reject them by noting the inadmissibility of its own motion until it has inv…

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