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Showing 94819490 of 30357 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 13 May 2011 – no. 2011-126 QPC

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-22-1

…n a matter of municipal interest or assessing a municipal public service. The same local councillor may not be involved in such a request more than once a year. No task may be created from 1st January…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions of practice.

Article L2122-18

The mayor is solely responsible for administration, but may, under his supervision and responsibility, delegate part of his duties by decree to one or more of his deputies and to members of the munici…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 700

…had this aid. In this case, the procedure is as set out in paragraphs 3 and 4 of article 37 of law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991.In all cases, the judge takes into account the fairness or the economic s…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of the reduction

Article 924-4

…r of the indemnity in reduction and in the event of the latter's insolvency, the heirs with reserve may bring an action in reduction or revendication against the third party holders of the immovables…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-41

…ration of nullity or any other form of appeal pursuant to the provisions of this Code, such appeals may, under the same conditions and in accordance with the same procedures, be lodged against these m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article 706-16-1

…ore the criminal courts, a civil action relating to an offence that constitutes an act of terrorism may only have as its object the initiation of public proceedings or the support of such proceedings.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-51

…osecutor, the convicted person's lawyer or of its own motion, will give a ruling in chambers, which may only be appealed to the Supreme Court at the same time as the ruling on the recognition and enfo…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 7 : Nature of the tests leading to the award of the three-degree state diploma for sports instructors at the end of a modular training course

Article A212-148

…rés). For certain sports options, one or more of the training units mentioned in article A. 212-145 may be assessed by a test marked out of 20. In this case, the specific decrees specify the condition…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of sporting events and competitions on the public highway

Article A331-40

…ad Signs and Signals: two-sided mobile post, model K10 (one per signaller).Signallers on motorbikes may manually regulate traffic without a K10 sign as long as they are wearing an approved helmet and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-3

…capital of banques populaires must be made up of at least seven subscribers. The shares subscribed may be unequal. Members may also subscribe who, without participating in the benefits of the banques…

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