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Showing 25112520 of 58756 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 1984 · CA Paris 2 March 1984 · Cass. com. 2 May 1972 · Cass. civ. 9 May 1962

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6362-2

…red to the territorial audit chamber by the representative of the State, the period within which it may formulate proposals shall run from receipt at the registry of all the documents required to be p…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XI: Free trade zones.

Article 288

1. Subject to the provisions of 2, 3 and 4 below, goods of any kind, irrespective of their quantity and irrespective of their country of origin, provenance or destination, are admitted to free zones.…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 4: Open livestock account.

Article 209

Orders issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Agriculture may: a) designate the parts of the area defined in the preceding article where the formality of an open accou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-2

…own hall or, if the municipality does not own one, the rental of a house or hall to take its place; 2° Office and printing costs for the municipality's service and the costs of conserving the municipa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L3631-2

Municipal police officers, gardes champêtres (rural wardens), agents de surveillance de Paris (Paris surveillance officers) and agents de la Ville de Paris (City of Paris police officers), referred to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General provisions

Article L774-28

…sted in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Periodic inspections

Article R4323-99

…the ministers responsible for labour or agriculture determine the personal protective equipment and categories of personal protective equipment for which the employer shall carry out or have carried o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L785-2

…apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II and III, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article L6214-2

For medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence, the provisions of Articles L. 6211-10, L. 6211-19 and L. 6212-3 are applicable only to laboratories on the list provid…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 220

…names, date and place of birth, place of residence and profession of the persons heard and, if applicable, the oath taken by them and their statements relating to their relationship of kinship or marr…

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