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Showing 59615970 of 24299 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Feb. 2021 – no. 19-13.604

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-24

If a budgetary decision that is the subject of the transmission provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 1612-9 is not adopted in real balance, the State representative shall refer the matte…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article R934-1

…placed by the reference to the sworn agents of New Caledonia mentioned in article 86 of organic law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Approval, implementation and control of the statement of estimated revenue and expenditure.

Article R6145-30

The health care organisation shall make available to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency the documents and information necessary for the exercise of its control. Requests for these docu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-1

…for in article L. 1222-11 or, where applicable, the authorisations provided for in articles L. 1221-10, L. 1221-12, L. 1222-3 and L. 1223-1, or in breach of the requirements laid down by these approva…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific part

Article A212-128

Candidates who obtain an average of 10 or more out of 20 in all the tests defined in article A. 212-127 are proposed for final admission to the specific part and receive a certificate of achievement.…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 6: Small modifications

Article R2194-8

…ation is less than the European thresholds set out in the notice annexed to this code and less than 10% of the amount of the initial contract for service and supply contracts or less than 15% of the a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 12: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R641-37

…the duration of the continuation of the business authorised by the court pursuant to article L. 641-10. Subsequent use of these accounts is subject to the authorisation of the juge-commissaire issued…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Specific pollution rooms

Article R4222-14

…f the premises must remain below the occupational exposure limit values defined in articles R. 4222-10, R. 4412-149 and R. 4412-150.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Professional inadequacy

Article R6152-716

…o the provisions of sub-section 9 of section 1 for full-time hospital practitioners and sub-section 10 of section 2 of this chapter for part-time hospital practitioners.

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

Article R53-14-1

The following shall be deleted by the managing department before expiry of the period mentioned in Article R. 53-14: 1° The data mentioned in 1° and 1° bis of I of Article

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