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Showing 231240 of 28915 articles for Art. Cons. conc. n° 91-D-42 du 22 Oct 1991

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article D4135-22-1

…l council grants the financial assistance provided for by Article L. 4135-19-1 may specify the procedures for allocating and monitoring this aid, in particular any fractioning of its payment. In respe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article D4135-22-2

…inancial assistance provided by article L. 4135-19-1, the elected representatives concerned must produce any document justifying the use of a universal employment-service voucher in accordance with th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article D4135-22-4

The president of the regional council shall provide the elected representative receiving the financial aid, before 1 February of the year following that in which it was awarded, with a certificate sta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 19: Medical practice

Article D6124-224-1

The authorisation holder ensures that data from professional practices is collected and analysed, with a view to improving practices and managing risks.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Special conditions for the "locomotor" option

Article D6124-177-22

…nt's clinical condition, at least two treatment sequences, including at least one sequence of individualised care, are given to each patient on each working day in the case of full hospitalisation or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 910

…ons or foundations whose activities or those of their directors are referred to in article 1 of law n° 2001-504 of 12 June 2001 tending to reinforce the prevention and repression of sectarian movement…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeals against judgments on jurisdiction and the merits of the case

Article 91

Where the court has declared that it has jurisdiction and has ruled on the merits of the dispute in the same judgment given at last instance, the judgment may be appealed against solely on the questio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Death certificates.

Article 91

…de in the margin of the registers on the date of death. In the case of a collective judgment, individual extracts of the operative part are sent to the civil registrars of the last domicile of each of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 91

When, after an investigation opened on the basis of a civil party's complaint, a decision has been made to dismiss the case, the person under investigation and any other persons referred to in the com…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Inheritance reserve and available share

Article 912

The hereditary reserve is that part of the estate's assets and rights which the law ensures devolve free of encumbrances to certain heirs known as reservataires, if they are called to the succession a…

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