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Showing 24312440 of 20081 articles for Art. Cass. crim. 30 January 2019

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Allocation for registering applications and issuing secure documents

Article L2335-16

…is made up of a flat-rate portion allocated for each station in operation in the municipality on 1 January of the current year and a variable portion allocated for each station based on the number of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension of employment

Article R6152-814

…actitioners governed by sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this chapter, who were born on or after 1st January 1955 and who are in active employment at the time of their application, may be authorised, s…

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

Article L1612-2

If the budget is not adopted before 15 April of the financial year to which it applies, or before 30 April of the year of the renewal of the deliberative bodies, the State representative in the depart…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-59

…g management shall be sent to the budget controller at least twice a year, before 31 May and before 30 September, unless an exemption is granted by the budget controller. They shall include : - an upd…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-45

…g management shall be sent to the budget controller at least twice a year, before 31 May and before 30 September, unless an exemption is granted by the budget controller. They include:-an update of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-45

…by managers established in the European Union without the authorisation required in Article L. 532-30 or without the notification referred to in Articles L. 214-24-1 and L. 214-24-2 or without being…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of validity.

Article L2232-13

…ers. The rules governing the validity of the agreement are those set out in article L. 2232-12. The 30% and 50% rates mentioned in the same article are assessed at the level of the electoral college.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Branch agreements and professional agreements.

Article L2232-7

…article L. 2122-5 or, where applicable, in the elections referred to in article L. 2122-6, at least 30% of the votes cast in this college in favour of organisations recognised as representative at thi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 ter

Failures to comply with the obligations laid down in Articles 28 to 30 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 13 to 20 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-4

…d indication considered within the framework provided for in Articles 112 to 115 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 shall be administered either by the veterinarian or, under the veterinari…

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