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Showing 49014910 of 8111 articles for Art. CE 27-12-2022 n° 464505

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

Article L1424-45

After their transfer to the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service, the personnel and equipment resources, which were the responsibility of a commune or a public establishment for inter-c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI: Audiovisual communication

Article L1426-1

Local authorities or their groupings may, under the conditions laid down in the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication, éditer un service de télévision destiné aux…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-3-3

…icles 43,52 and 382 of this code for the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the offences provided for in 6° of III of article 222-33 of the Penal Code, when committed with the aggravati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-4-1

…risation, approval, agreement or authorisation, mentioned in the 1° or 2° of II of Article 1 of Law n°2014-856 of 31 July 2014 relating to the social and solidarity economy, the bidder shall consult t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-18

…hen the person carrying out the activity mentioned in Article L. 111-7-2 exercises control over notices, he/she shall ensure that the processing of personal data carried out in this context complies w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: The Chairman

Article L3122-3

…t of a departmental council are incompatible with the exercise of one of the following elective offices: president of a regional council, mayor. The functions of president of a departmental council ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-3

…I of Book One of Part Two relating to the control of legality and the publication and entry into force of the acts of communes are applicable to public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: The agreement

Article 1545

Other than the information provided for in the article 2063 of the Civil Code, the participatory procedure agreement shall mention the surnames, first names and addresses of the parties and their lawy…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and New Caledonia

Article 804

…23 relating to military programming for the years 2024 to 2030 and containing various provisions concerning defence, in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article LO6413-4

Laws, ordinances and decrees enacted before the entry into force of the loi organique n° 2007-223 du 21 février 2007 portant dispositions statutaires et institutionnelles relatives à l'outre-mer dans…

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