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Showing 49314940 of 67518 articles for Art. L. 2312-16 and R. 2312-6

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-68

…legal persons governed by private law likely to be the subject of the requests mentioned in Article R. 15-33-67 are: 1° Electronic communications operators as defined in Article L. 34-1 of the French…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-1

I. - The number and distribution of community councillor seats are established:1° Either in accordance with the procedures set out in II to VI of this article;2° Or, in communities of communes and agg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration, land registration and stamps

Article 1635 bis A

…rticle 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012, are established, liquidated and recovered in accordance with Article L. 361-2 du code rural et de la pêche maritime.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-60-1

…pt at each meeting. Decisions taken at each meeting are recorded in minutes, signed by the officers and kept at the registered office in a special register. The particulars that must be included in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L4133-6-1

…of its renewal, the list of powers the exercise of which is, under its control, delegated to its standing committee. It may amend the list of delegated powers during the course of its term of office.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L4133-6-2

The chairman may decide that the meeting of the standing committee shall be held in several places by videoconference. Where the meeting of the Standing Committee is held by videoconference, the quoru…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Declaration by operators of electronic contact platforms

Article 1649 ter D

…vice providers who carry out one or more of the transactions referred to in I of Article 1649 ter A and, where applicable, the properties rented. To this end, it collects information relating to the t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-6

…t.The judgment of the criminal chamber shall be brought to the attention of the investigating judge and the public prosecutor and served on the parties.This article shall apply to a judgment given on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L3122-6-2

The chairman may decide that the meeting of the standing committee shall be held in several places by videoconference. Where the meeting of the Standing Committee is held by videoconference, the quoru…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Standing Committee

Article L3122-6-1

The election of members of the Standing Committee may be contested under the conditions, in the forms and within the time limits prescribed for contesting the election of departmental councillors.

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