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Showing 6170 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 Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-12

…control:-authorisation to collect revenue;collection of debts and the regularity of reductions and cancellations of revenue orders, within the limits of the information available to him;accurate sett…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Land

Article L4424-26-4

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-26-4

The intermediary association sends the Agence de services et de paiement a copy of the agreement referred to in Article D. 5135-2.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-26-4

After the third paragraph of III of Article R. 6123-3, the following provisions are added: "3° Each year, the activities of the Overseas Agency for Mobility and Adapted Military Service in the local a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Amount of the surcharge and recovery of the unpaid parking charge

Article R2333-120-17-1

The Agence nationale de traitement informatisé des infractions governed by decree no. 2011-348 of 29 March 2011 is the authorising officer responsible for issuing the enforcement order provided for in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Amount of the surcharge and recovery of the unpaid parking charge

Article R2333-120-17-2

With a view to issuing the enforcement order or cancellation order mentioned in IV of article L. 2333-87, the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation, the mixed syndicate or t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Amount of the surcharge and recovery of the unpaid parking charge

Article R2333-120-17-3

The enforcement order and the cancellation order issued by the Agence nationale de traitement informatisé des infractions are sent to the competent public accountant. They mention the identity and add…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Removal of mortgages by third-party purchasers.

Article 1281-17-1

…le for the sale. It contains: 1° A statement of the order setting the date of the sale and its publication; > >

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-4

…dustries. These grants constitute subsidies within the meaning ofarticle 9-1 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations, and the conditions…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 9: Organisation of training leading to qualifications in physical and sporting activities in a specific environment

Article A212-175-11

The list referred to in article R. 212-8 includes establishments that implement the general clauses of the specifications provided for in annex II-21 as well as the specific clauses provided for in th…

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