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Showing 98419850 of 25610 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Oct. 1997 – no. 95-14.158

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Name and territory of the municipality

Article L2573-3

…ing the Assembly and the Council of Ministers of French Polynesia, in accordance with the articles 97 and 134 de la loi organique n° 2004-192 du 27 février 2004 portant statut d'autonomie de la Polyné…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: School transport (R).

Article R1614-67

…in the second paragraph of Article 30 of law n° 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing law n° 83-8 of 7 January 1983 relating to the distribution of powers between communes, départements, regions and th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Annexes to article D3512-9-5

Article Annexe I

…the chairman of the board of directors;6. Documents justifying the laboratory's sources of funding;7. The organisation chart of the laboratory's staff;8. The full name, position, professional qualifi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3361-1

…lishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIO…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L3371-1

…lishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIO…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-4

…ded for in article L. 3334-6-1 and the minimum operating allocation provided for in article L. 3334-7.From 2005, the annual increase in the balance of the departments' overall operating grant after de…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2

…isation from the rightholders for the reproductions that it makes. II - Article 6(2) and (3) of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy do not apply to the provider of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: THE NATIONAL STANDARDS ASSESSMENT BOARD

Article L1212-1

…cooperation with their own tax status;6° Ten municipal councillors elected by the college of mayors;7° Nine representatives of the State.Lists submitted with a view to the election of the members prov…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Controls on certain operations carried out within the European Community.

Article 65 A bis

…applicable when customs officers are unable to carry out the controls provided for in 3 and 4 above.7° The penalties provided for in Article 414-2 are applicable in the event of a fraudulent act the p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Data retention

Article R142-21

Any file that has not been updated within five years of the recording of the first data it contains shall be deleted, except in the following cases: 1° A file containing data relating to a residence p…

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