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Showing 13311340 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Merger of communes.

Article D2573-4

The articles D. 2113-1 to D. 2113-12 and R. 2113-16 to R. 2113-22 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Economic aid (R)

Article R4253-4

…f 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations and of the décret n° 2001-495 du 6 juin 2001pris pour son application, are attached to the deliberations awarding thes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of voters

Article R5211-44

The file provided for in article L. 5211-50 is made available to the public under the conditions defined in this article at least fifteen days before the ballot. This file includes, in particular, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of voters

Article R5211-42

When all the mayors of the communes that are members of a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or half of the members of the deliberative body of this establishment submit a request to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of voters

Article R5211-46

As soon as the counting of the votes in each commune is complete, the minutes, approved and signed, are taken by two members of the polling station to the polling station constituted as a centralising…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of voters

Article R5211-47

Expenditure resulting from the organisation of the consultation by a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation shall be charged to the appropriations allocated to the operating section of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of voters

Article R5211-43

The deliberation deciding on the consultation and convening the electors is sent by the president of the public establishment of intermunicipal cooperation to the mayors of the member communes of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Consultation of voters

Article R5211-45

The articles R. 1112-3 to R. 1112-8 and R. 1112-15 to R. 1112-17 are applicable to public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation. For their application, the text should read: "établissement pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fire safety instructions

Article R4227-40

The fire safety instructions are sent to the Labour Inspectorate.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Fire safety instructions

Article R4227-41

Joint decrees issued by the ministers for labour and agriculture may specify certain provisions relating to fire prevention and fire-fighting equipment and make certain standards for such equipment ma…

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