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Showing 36813690 of 21704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Mar. 2008 – no. 07-10.590

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe XIII

…eam as well as, where applicable, the energy performance of the facilities with regard to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 881 C

…ment entered into pursuant to l'article L. 831-1 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation; 11° For the publication of acts recording the modification of the legal form of legal entities when…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-20

…articles 231-11 to 231-19, may be subject to a reduction in the amount of fundi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-5-1

…turned to full hospitalisation under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article L. 3211-11.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contribution of the armed forces health service to other public health initiatives

Article R6147-133

…re covered in accordance with the terms set out in the protocol referred to in I of article L. 6147-11. The aforementioned protocol specifies the measures required to ensure the coordination of civili…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Criminal provisions

Article L1142-27

…a person who is not registered on the list of medical accident experts provided for in articles L. 1142-10 and L. 1142-11 of the name mentioned in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 1142-11, or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Alpine skiing and related activities.

Article A212-191

The jury for the technical test is the jury provided for inarticle 16 of the modifiedorder of 11 April 2012 relating to the specific training for the national ski instructor diploma in alpine skiing.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The Managing Director

Article R6123-13

…rs and executes the three-year objectives and performance agreement provided for in Article L. 6123-11 ; 2° Prepares and implements the decisions of the Board of Directors; 3° Prepares and implements…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-4

…e following documents: 1° The documents referred to in 4° to 7°, and, where applicable, 8°, 10° and 11°, designated in article A. 311-3, updated, original or reconstituted by a project manager who can…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-4

…subject to the adaptations provided for in II to V. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-6 law no. 2015-366 of 31 March 2015 L. 5211-7 with the exception of I bis Law no. 2018-607 of 13…

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