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Showing 29112920 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Honorary office of territorial councillors

Article L6325-11

…who have held elected office for at least fifteen years in the local authority. Honorary membership may only be refused or withdrawn by the representative of the State if the person concerned has been…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 5: Honorary office of territorial councillors

Article L6434-11

…local authority who have held their elected office for at least fifteen years. Honorary membership may only be refused or withdrawn by the representative of the State if the person concerned has been…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-11

…dure. However, Article LO 6471-4. In addition, expenditure on the investment section of this budget may be committed, liquidated and mandated up to a limit of half of the appropriations entered under…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Tasks and activities of internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-11

…an internal-use pharmacy is no longer able to carry out one or more of its tasks and activities, it may entrust other internal-use pharmacies with their implementation. The competent administrative au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose of agreements.

Article R6142-11

…number of hospital posts likely to be occupied by practitioners other than assistants and deputies may not, for all university hospital centres, and for all disciplines other than anaesthesiology, ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Passports and travel documents

Article 954

A fee of €12 is charged for each foreign passport visa, the validity of which may not exceed one year, if the visa is valid for the outward and return journey, and €6 if it is valid only for the outwa…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 948

The party whose rights are in jeopardy may, even if a hearing date has already been set, ask the first president of the court to hold the case, as a matter of priority, at a future hearing.If his requ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Special provisions applicable to the local authorities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article 936

The adversarial hearings held pursuant to article 396 by the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court of Basse-Terre for defendants in the community of Saint-Martin may be carried out by means…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The National Commission for Commercial Development.

Article R751-9

…member is absent or unable to attend six successive meetings without giving a reason, the chairman may terminate that member's term of office. In this case, the appointing authority shall appoint a n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Assisted witnesses

Article 113-6

At any time during the proceedings, the assisted witness may, at the time of his or her hearing or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, ask the examining magistrate to be placed under…

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