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Showing 27912800 of 37517 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-4

…e Agency's general guidelines. In addition to the powers conferred on it by Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, it deliberates in partic…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Customs presentation of products subject to certain movement restrictions in trade with other Member States of the European Community.

Article 468

Where a customs presentation is required for the goods referred to in Article 38(4) and (5), the customs service shall carry out the inspection of these goods in the presence of the holder.If the hold…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Confiscation.

Article 430

…confiscated 1° goods that have been or had to be substituted in the cases provided for in articles 411-2 a, 417-2 c and 423-2° ; 2° goods presented for departure in the case provided for by article 4…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Accounting and financial system

Article D211-47

The school is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting provisions.

Article R6113-48

The Agency is subject to the provisions of Titles I and III of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-5 (art. A212-115)

…in this case, each team-mate benefits from the bonus.French champion: 2 points.European champion: 4 points.World champion or Olympic champion: 6 points.Only the title acquired in the senior or junio…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of the customs service.

Article 44 bis

In the contiguous zone as defined by Article 10 of Order No. 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016, the customs service may carry out the necessary controls in order to: a) prevent infringements of the laws an…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article D155-4

…ng provisions are applicable in French Polynesia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or mentioned as applying automatically in the table b…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Lapse of the summons.

Article 407

The decision that the summons has lapsed may be rescinded, in the event of error, by the judge who issued it.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Summary orders.

Article 489

If necessary, the judge may order that the summary order be enforced on the basis of the minutes alone.

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