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Showing 25112520 of 40107 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 9-4-2013 n° 12-15.478

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-32 ter

When the request is submitted on the portal, the request form is completed online and the mandatory attachments mentioned in article R. 2333-120-31 are downloaded in the order shown on the form. The o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-32 octies

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-32 quinquies

The parties or their representatives who use electronic means must send all their briefs and documents by the same means, failing which their submissions will be excluded from the debates if they are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-9

The Board of Directors may delegate some of its powers to the Chief Executive Officer within the limits it determines, with the exception of those mentioned in 2°, 3°, 5°, 7°, 9°, 10°, 11°, 12°, 13°,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article A713-9

I.-Where the 3rd paragraph of Article R. 713-21 is applied, the candidates or their proxies shall submit, no later than twenty-one days before the last day of the ballot, to the secretariat of the ele…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 97

When it is necessary, during the course of an investigation, to search for documents or computer data and subject to the requirements of the investigation and compliance, where applicable, with the ob…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article A36-10-12

The successful candidates, duly authorised under the provisions of Article R. 15-33-29-11 as tax agents responsible for carrying out investigations pursuant to Article 28-2, are designated as judicial…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Issue of the licence and prior declaration

Article R7123-12-1

For the application of the provisions of article L. 7123-4-1, models recognised as service providers established in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-12-1

At the request of a court hearing an action for damages, the Autorité des marchés financiers may transmit to the court any investigation or inspection reports in its possession, the production of whic…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Portion of the contract performed by third parties

Article L3114-9

The concession granting authority may require tenderers:1° To entrust to small and medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the de…

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