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Showing 821830 of 28297 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-7-2016 n° 15-12370

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-7

The syndicate commission is called upon to give its opinion on the arrangements for the enjoyment of the section's property, the fruits of which are collected in kind, as determined by the town counci…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-7

For the application in Mayotte of article L. 1226-1, the words: "provided for in article L. 321-1 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "provided for in 7° of article 20-1 of order n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-138

Where the prohibition provided for in 1° of Article 706-136 is imposed, the civil party may request to be informed by the public prosecutor of the lifting of the hospitalisation to which that person m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIa: Fixed fine procedure

Article R49-7

The amount of the increased fixed fine is set as follows:1° 7 euros for contraventions of the provisions of the Highway Code committed by pedestrians;2° 33 euros for other contraventions of the first…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts concerning the protection of family members

Article A444-79

Documents relating to the posthumous mandate (numbers 35 to 38 of table 5) give rise to the collection of the following fees:Number of the service (table 5 of article appendix 4-7) Designation of serv…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to the surrender of a foreign national who, having exercised a right of mobility, does not meet the conditions for residence on French territory

Article L621-7

A decision to surrender to the competent authorities of a Member State of the European Union may be issued to foreign students and foreign researchers and their family members, admitted to reside in t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Equalisation of tax resources

Article L3662-7

The articles L. 3335-1 and L. 3335-2 apply to the Metropole of Lyon.In 2015, 2016 and 2017, for the application of Article L. 3335-2 to the Rhône department and the Metropole of Lyon, the transfer dut…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to each fraction (R)

Article R1614-78

Investments eligible for an allocation under the first part of the special assistance scheme include, on the one hand, investments whose purpose is to construct, renovate, restructure, extend or make…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Employee privileges.

Article L625-7

Debts arising from an employment contract are guaranteed in the event of the opening of safeguard proceedings: 1° By the lien established by Articles L. 143-10, L. 143-11, L. 742-6 and L. 751-15 of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisation and operation of disciplinary chambers of first instance and national disciplinary chambers.

Article R4126-7

The same magistrate may be appointed to preside over several Disciplinary Boards, either as a full member or as an alternate member. The orders of the ministers responsible for the budget and health s…

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