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Showing 15311540 of 25706 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 December 1991 · Cass. com. 12 November 1992 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 November 1987

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-17

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-17

I. - For the application of Article D. 5217-16 :a) The population to be taken into account is the sum of the total populations, municipal and counted separately, of the member municipalities of the me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation of the company.

Article R743-125

…s or corporate units is obtained under the conditions provided for by articles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24 and by the Article 10 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D3661-17

…tropole of Lyon is a member;11° List of establishments or services created by the metropole of Lyon;12° Table tracing decisions on direct tax rates.II. - Statements appended to the administrative acco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-17

When, for three consecutive years, the number of deaths in a municipality has exceeded the average mortality figure for France, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency will carry out a surv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative and tax formalities

Article A444-172

…he civil status of natural persons and the registration of legal entities (civil status records) 11.24 € 197 Attestation in general or written certification of a factual or legal situation issued by t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-17

…e creditors of the individual limited liability entrepreneur mentioned in 1° of I of Article L. 526-12 in place of the latter, without this substitution entailing novation in their regard.The creditor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and classification

Article R2324-17

…ding regular or occasional childcare for children by maternal assistants mentioned inarticle L. 421-17-1 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles, employed by the said services. A single establ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Action by the administrative authority

Article D1233-12

The request referred to in article L. 1233-57-5 is sent by the social and economic committee, or, in the event of negotiation of an agreement referred to in article L. 1233-24-1 by the representative…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional liability

Article L211-17

…sengers' rights under Regulation (EC) No 261/2004, Regulation (EC) No 392/2009, Regulation (EU) No 1177/2010, Regulation (EU) No 181/2011, Regulation (EU) No 2021/782 and international conventions. Pa…

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