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Showing 27812790 of 21018 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 14 février 2003 n° 00-19423

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Service vouchers

Article D4135-22-4

The president of the regional council shall provide the elected representative receiving the financial aid, before 1 February of the year following that in which it was awarded, with a certificate sta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-50

The authorisation referred to in I of Article L. 532-1 may be refused by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution if the organisation and operation, as well as the internal control system,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Charges for the removal of waste, refuse and residues, charges for the removal of household refuse from campsites and special charges

Article L2333-76-1

A public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or a mixed syndicate with responsibility for waste treatment within the meaning of this code may define contractual clauses with its member local…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3451-1

The départements of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne, as well as the interdepartmental institution they have created between them, provide collective wastewater treatment, whi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Modification of the jurisdiction of commercial courts following a new delimitation of administrative or judicial districts and the transfer of the registry of mixed commercial courts.

Article R743-158

When the jurisdiction of a commercial court or a court of first instance ruling in commercial matters is modified as a result of a new delimitation of administrative or judicial districts, the procedu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Plenary session (R).

Article R5211-22

The election of the representatives of the communes, public establishments of inter-communal cooperation and mixed syndicates takes place within three months of the renewal of the municipal councils a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Toilet cubicles

Article R4228-10

There is at least one toilet and one urinal for every twenty men and two toilets for every twenty women. The number of employees taken into account is the maximum number of workers simultaneously pres…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-4

…to:1° Spot commodity contracts, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(15) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-2

…ritory of the Republic, of foreign enforceable titles pursuant to:- Council Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 of 27 November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-15

…rted from a State in which one or more of the medical biology analyses mentioned in article R. 1211-14 are not performed, they are accompanied by a biological sample enabling these analyses to be perf…

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