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Showing 141150 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Mandates given by local authorities and their public bodies to collect their revenue

Article D1611-32-9

Other than the revenues mentioned in article L. 1611-7-1, local authorities and their public establishments may entrust a public or private body with the collection of revenue relating to:1° On-street…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Management and administration

Article R22-10-18

…The decision-making pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Group Medical Committee

Article D6132-9-3

…es of the establishments involved in the grouping ;2° The heads of the inter-institutional clinical and medico-technical activity centres, and the coordinators of the inter-hospital medical federation…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article D421-19

…tioned in Article D. 421-17 is subject to a joint annual assessment by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry responsible for the economy.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: APPLICATIONS FOR RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article D431-19

…d for in 5° of article R. 431-16 is notified to the foreign national in writing as soon as possible and at the latest within ninety days of the date on which the complete application was submitted.As…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ALLOWANCE FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article D553-19

The services and payment agency is responsible, on behalf of the French Office for Immigration and Integration, for paying the allowance to beneficiaries whose eligibility has been determined in advan…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Reception facilities

Article D551-19

The additional amount paid to non-accommodated persons provided for in article D. 553-8 may be withdrawn by the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration if the beneficiary has provided fal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-18

In application of the fifth paragraph of l'article 720, the President of the Enforcement Division of the Court of Appeal may be requested to do so by the offender or the Public Prosecutor, or may do s…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Training arrangements

Article R212-10-18

…sation, within the limits of the authorisation decision, in particular on the basis of the location and characteristics of the training or the public accommodated. When the number of applicants who sa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK II: TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article D72-100-3

…the Assembly of Martinique an annual report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men in the collectivity.II. - The report sets out the local authority's human resources policy i…

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