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Showing 28112820 of 26790 articles for Art. CE 5-6-2020 n° 423066

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-12-5

The accounting officer of the metropolitan authority is solely responsible for carrying out, subject to the controls incumbent upon him, the collection of revenue as well as the payment of the expendi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Resources and means

Article L1233-6

…s and actions supported by the National Agency for Territorial Cohesion by supplementing, the resources usually implemented as part of the agency's missions by State services and by any legal entity c…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cafés, public houses and pubs

Article D312-6

Within one month of receiving the complete application for classification, the body mentioned in article L. 141-2 will take the classification decision if the assessment body mentioned in article D. 3…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-33

…e refused pursuant to 8° and 9° of Article 694-31 are as follows: 1° Obtaining information or evidence which is already in the possession of the French authorities and which could have been obtained,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct

Article L519-6

…whatsoever, directly or indirectly, in obtaining or granting a loan of money, is prohibited from receiving any sum representing a deposit, commission, research costs, enquiries, preparation of the fi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article R721-6

Decisions to approve or reject the approval of a specification and decisions to approve or reject the amendment of an approved specification shall be notified by the Institute to the applicant within…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions for the application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article L711-6

…of this Code in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations in this Book : 1° References to the provisions of the General Tax Code, the Book of Tax Procedures, the Customs Code and thos…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article R211-6

A central depository shall open accounts for issuers of financial securities admitted to its operations and for intermediaries referred to in Article L. 211-3 who thereby become members.For financial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-62

…our tribunal activities under the following conditions: 1° Subject to waiving payment of the allowances provided for in Article D. 1423-56, the councillor obtains that all or part of the time devoted…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-64

…under the conditions laid down by decree no. 2006-781 of 3 July 2006 setting the conditions and procedures for payment of expenses incurred by the temporary travel of State civil servants. The seat o…

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