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Showing 92719280 of 30455 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011 B

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-9

The director of the establishment decides to lift the psychiatric care measure when this is requested : 1° By the departmental psychiatric care commission mentioned in article L. 3222-5 ; 2° By one of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial responsibility

Article R1611-40

…onsulted pursuant to IV of article L. 1611-10, the Consultative Commission on the Financial Responsibility of Local Authorities shall give its opinion within three months of the date of receipt, by it…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Insurance against natural disasters.

Article L125-1-1

I.-The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters is responsible for issuing an annual opinion on the relevance of the criteria used to determine recognition of the state of natural disaster, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tobacco control

Article R3822-1

Title I of Book V of this Part shall apply to Wallis and Futuna as set out in the second column of the table below and subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter: R. 3511-1Decree no. 2016…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article R614-32

The transmittal fee referred to in Article R. 614-26 shall be returned to the applicant where the international application has not been transmitted to the International Bureau within the time limit p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Decision

Article R2333-120-59

…e judge may impose a fine of up to 2,000 euros on the author of an application that he considers to be improper. This fine shall be recovered, in accordance with the provisions of decree no. 64-1333 o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of collective agreements

Article R7343-95

…ssional organisations of platforms mentioned in 2° of II of Article L. 7343-41 is calculated on the basis of the data collected as part of the measurement of the audience of the professional organisat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L2412-1

I. - The budget for the section, which constitutes an annexed budget of the municipality, is drawn up in real balance in the operating and investment sections.The draft budget is drawn up by the syndi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction.

Article R711-33

I.-The regional chambers of commerce and industry provide the opinion requested by the regional council on any assistance scheme for business start-ups and takeovers and for businesses that the region…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-2

In the perimeter of the Greater Paris metropolitan area, public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation known as "territorial public establishments" are created on 1 January 2016. Subject to th…

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