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Showing 49314940 of 23676 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re 20 septembre 2012 n° 11-13144

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Clinical activities involving medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-25

…n of the date and place of the joint declaration made by the couple in accordance with articles 311-20 of the Civil Code and 1157-2 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inspection of temporary electrical installations

Article R4226-21

The provisions of Articles R. 4222-18 to R. 4222-20 apply to temporary electrical installations. For these installations, the employer applies a specific verification process to ensure that they are b…

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

Article L2311-1-2

In municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants, prior to the debates on the draft budget, the mayor presents a report on the situation with regard to equality between women and men concerning the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 bis

…b) Fertilisers and calcium soil improvers mentioned in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 889/2008 of 5 September 2008 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L753-4

I. - In French Polynesia, credit institutions, payment institutions, electronic money institutions and the Office des postes et télécommunications de Polynésie française shall, between 1 June and 31 J…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bank charges

Article L752-4

I.-In New Caledonia, credit institutions, payment institutions, electronic money institutions and the Office des postes et télécommunications de Nouvelle-Calédonie (New Caledonian Post and Telecommuni…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-27

The maximum amount of support is €30,000, including a maximum of €20,000 for the author.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R442-2

…the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below. Applicable articles In th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-2

…of the fine under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph, these amounts are reduced by 20% without this reduction exceeding €1,500. If an appeal is lodged against the penal provisions of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-47-1

…les shall respond via the Europol national unit mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 7 of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) to du…

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