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Showing 36913700 of 8111 articles for Art. CE 27-12-2022 n° 464505

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Provisions relating to the public establishment for the protection of Mediterranean forests

Article L1424-66

The staff of this establishment are governed by the provisions of loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R78

…cord cards exist, the content as well as that of the entries provided for in Article 769, is reproduced on bulletin no. 1. If not, the bulletin n° 1 is marked: "nil".

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-11

…request the repayment of all or part of the grant in the cases provided for in article 15 of décret n°99-1060 du 16 décembre 1999.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-35

If, on expiry of the period provided for in article R. 6223-33, the rightful claimants of the deceased member have not exercised their option to transfer their shareholder's shares, and if no prior co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Procedures to be observed by persons sterilising medical devices

Article R5211-52

Any person who sterilizes with a view to placing on the market CE-marked medical devices designed by their manufacturer to be sterilized before use or systems or kits referred to in Section 10 of this…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…4 L. 1522-1 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 1522-2 to L. 1522-5 Order no. 2003-1212 of 18 December 2003 L. 1523-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1523-4 law no. 2005-809 of 20 July 2005…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification committee reports and opinions

Article R211-4

The classification committees mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-48

On the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, the departmental fire and rescue service whose creation is provided for in Article L. 142…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L352-1

…he same table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 321-1 Resulting from the loi n° 2017-203 du 21 février 2017 L. 321-2 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R2113-14

The section of the local social action centre, created by application of article L. 2113-13, in its wording prior to the loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010de réforme des collectivités territoriales,…

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