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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 8: The Pay Parking Disputes Commission

Article R2333-120-26

…by a magistrate from the same chamber appointed by the president of that chamber;2° The magistrate acting as rapporteur;3° If necessary to enable the commission to sit in an uneven number, a tie-brea…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article A43-6

…a living person, the quotations set out in the second part of the common classification of medical acts are applied.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Reporting and information obligations

Article R561-25

…ic accountants, notaries, bailiffs, court-appointed administrators, court-appointed agents, lawyers acting in their capacity as fiduciaries and auctioneers are responsible, on an individual basis, reg…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by bailiffs

Article A444-46

Where the acts, formalities or requests relate to a specific pecuniary obligation, the fixed emoluments indicated in sub-sections 1 to 3 of this section shall be multiplied by the following coefficien…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-200

The acts and formalities carried out in relation to incidents (number 48 of table 6) give rise to the following fees:1° If the incident is in the nature of a principal claim, the lawyer shall receive…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4125-23

The use of electronic voting via the Internet is organised within the framework laid down by Act no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose

Article D5134-146

Adult intermediaries may not carry out any act relating to the maintenance of public order and may not be employed in functions whose sole purpose is to provide services in the homes of natural person…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General duties

Article R4312-67

At the place where they practise, nurses have suitable facilities and appropriate technical means to ensure that they are received, that care is properly provided, that patients are safe and that prof…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Advance information of employees enabling them to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in undertakings subject to the obligation to set up a works council

Article L141-28

…ory of small and medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of article 51 of Law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 on the modernisation of the economy, when it wants to sell a business, its owner notifie…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-20

…wn up taking particular account of the establishment's project, the objectives and performance contract signed with the State, as well as the agreements signed with the region to which the centre is a…

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