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Showing 21812190 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Definitive prices

Article R2312-8

Subject to the provisions of sub-section 3, the purchaser shall conclude a final price contract.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the fire and rescue service of the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy

Article L1424-88

The head of the fire and rescue service is appointed by order of the president of the territorial council with the assent of the representative of the State.Under the authority of the representative o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Infiltration

Article 706-84

The real identity of the officers or agents of the judicial police who carried out the infiltration under an assumed identity must not appear at any stage of the proceedings. Revealing the identity of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reinsurance.

Article R322-83

…isks must be submitted for approval to a general meeting deliberating as provided for in Article R. 322-65 and convened by registered letter or by electronic registered letter sent to each member stat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I : The Metropolitan Council

Article L3631-8

The duties of the President of the Metropolitan Council are incompatible with those of the President of a Regional Council or the President of a Departmental Council.The duties of the President of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-7

Where a court orders the immediate release of a person whose pre-trial detention is unlawful due to non-compliance with the time limits or formalities provided for in this Code, it may, in the same de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Special provisions for motor insurance

Article A421-8

The percentage of the contribution to the guarantee fund, provided for in I of article L. 421-10, is set at 1% of the total expenses for the last financial year of the "Guarantee fund operations resul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee and procedures for electing and appointing its members

Article R1432-85

…cy informs, by any means, the trade union organisations mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 1432-11 of the organisation of the elections, and invites them to take part in the negotiation of the…

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

Article R4312-8

…on forecast are carried forward, under the conditions set out in the third paragraph of article L. 4312-9, the entries in the budget are justified by the production in the appendix of a sheet calculat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-84

…ns, plants or parts of plants listed in the schedules of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 30 March 1961 or the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 21 February 1971, as well as products…

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