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Showing 371380 of 45512 articles for Art. Rép. Rabault: AN 25-2-2020 n° 24560

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Interest on arrears, flat-rate compensation and additional compensation for recovery costs

Article R3133-25

…fault interest referred to in Article L. 3133-13 is equal to the interest rate applied by the European Central Bank to its most recent main refinancing operations, in force on the first day of the hal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-25

The standardised documents and media, referred to in article R. 1614-24 and 1° of article R. 1614-26, are provided free of charge by the State.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-25

…proper practice of the profession by its members. The Compagnie nationale represents the profession and defends its moral and material interests. It may submit any proposal relating to the interests o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Reimbursement by the employer.

Article D5424-25

The company is reimbursed by the paid leave funds for the allowances paid to its employees under the legislation on bad weather, which are calculated by allocating to the amount of each allowance paid…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-29

…this section do not deprive the consumer of the right to exercise the action resulting from the warranty for hidden defects as set out in articles 1641 to 1649 of the Civil Code or any other action of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Compulsory consultations in establishments comprising one or more installations subject to authorisation or a basic nuclear installation

Article R2312-25

…article L. 512-1 du code de l'environnement, are brought to the attention of the social and economic committee before being sent to the prefect. The file drawn up by the employer in suppor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 258-1

Excluded from or struck off the annual list of jurors and the special list of alternate jurors are those who have served as jurors in the department for less than five years. A moral objection of a se…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6221-25

…under the conditions set out in article LO 6222-6, the territorial council may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies and delegate the exercise of some of i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6321-25

…under the conditions set out in article LO 6322-6, the Territorial Council may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates to sit on outside bodies and delegate the exercise of some of i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-25

…or postpone a measure within its jurisdiction, or to withdraw or revoke such a measure previously granted, depending on the procedure applicable for granting the measure.

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