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Showing 27712780 of 19311 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 3e – 21 Oct. 1998 – no. 96-16537

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-16

…6.The arrondissement council manages local facilities, subject to the provisions of article L. 2511-21. To this end, it approves contracts for the occupation of the public domain relating to these fac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-2

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Ranking of claims

Article L643-8

…yment of legal costs. 4° Claims guaranteed by the preferential right provided for in Article L. 624-21; > 5° Claims guaranteed by the preferential right provided for in Article L. 624-21; and 5° Claim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Entry on the roll of the order

Article D4311-52-2

I.-The nominative lists referred to in Article L. 4311-15 include nurses who hold a training qualification or authorisation to practise required to practise the profession, and who are employed by pub…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the Roll of the Association.

Article D4323-1-1

I. - The nominative lists referred to in article L. 4321-10 group together the masseur-physiotherapists who hold the evidence of formal qualifications or authorisation to practise required to practise…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Expenditure

Article L3664-1

…tives referred to in article L. 3123-12 as well as contributions to the fund set up by article L. 1621-2 ;3° Contributions to the general social security scheme pursuant to article L. 3123-20-2 and co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific inspection regime

Article L613-32-1

…a group on a consolidated basis or the competent authorities within the meaning of Articles L. 511-21 or L. 532-16 that the branch established in France of a class 1a credit institution or investment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-10

…or likely to be taken from missing persons who are the subject of searches under Article 26 of Law No. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming and whose death is presumed, collect…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-3-1

…practice cannot be identified or has not complied with an injunction issued pursuant to Article L. 521-1, the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may, by means of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-4

…of this article are applicable notwithstanding the settlement periods stipulated in articles L. 132-21 and L. 132-23-1 or any other contractually stipulated period or valuation method relating to the…

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