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Showing 23812390 of 44553 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 June 1968 · Cass. com. 11 March 2008 · Cass. com. 12 July 1982 · Cass. com. 17 April 1953 · Cass. com. 4 December 1968 · CA Versailles 14 September 2006

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6352-14

…e court a request for an opinion on the interpretation of the status of Saint-Martin or on the applicability in the collectivity of a legislative or regulatory text. In the event of serious difficulty…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules of good practice.

Article D5232-14

…order to provide the most appropriate equipment for the needs of the person who is ill or has an incapacity or disability, the service provider and the equipment distributor will ask the prescriber o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Counting of votes and declaration of results (R)

Article R1112-14

…a referendum decided by a territorial authority other than the commune, department, region or Corsican authority, the results recorded at the level of each commune are sent to a census commission sit…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contract notices for contracts awarded in accordance with a formal procedure

Article R2131-17

…th the model set out in the European Commission Regulation establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of the award of contracts.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-17

The violation of the prohibition mentioned in article L. 121-12 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to the bene…

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

Article D4425-17

…budget items voted by function correspond: a) Investment section: -for expenditure and revenue that can be broken down, to group 90 "Breakdown of operations", completed by the most detailed subdivisio…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Installation

Article D1442-14

On the day of the public installation of the industrial tribunal, on the occasion of the formal hearing mentioned in 1° of article R. 1423-13, the minutes of the taking of the oath are read out. The c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-17-1

If the public prosecutor is informed by the judicial authority of the executing Member State of a request from the arrested person for the appointment of a lawyer on national territory, he shall provi…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-12

…n and lifting the suspension. Without prejudice to disciplinary proceedings, the commission automatically suspends the licence of a sports agent who is in one of the cases of incompatibility provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article R4221-12

The skills consolidation course provided for in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 4221-12 is completed on a full-time basis, in a host structure listed in the order referred to in article R. 422…

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