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Showing 271280 of 62271 articles for Art. Trib. com. Bobigny 18 May 2018 · CA Lyon 12 September 2019 · Decree 2020-118 of 12 February 2020

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Transit.

Article 125

…the customs territory. Unless otherwise provided, goods sent in transit benefit from the suspension of duties, taxes, prohibitions and other economic, fiscal or customs measures applicable to such goo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Country of return

Article L612-12

…sion imposing an obligation to leave French territory shall mention the country, determined in application of article L. 721-3, to which the foreign national is to be returned in the event of automati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-12

For housing owned by the municipality, the mayor of the municipality provides the borough mayors or the municipal commission with the information mentioned in articles R. 2511-8, R. 2511-9 and R. 2511…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Compulsory prior administrative appeal

Article R2333-120-14

…e means. The municipality, the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation, the mixed syndicate or the contracting third party responsible for examining the compulsory prior administrative ap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Compulsory prior administrative appeal

Article R2333-120-13

The mandatory prior administrative appeal provided for in VI of article L. 2333-87 is exercised, within a period of one month from the date of notification of the payment notice for the parking charge…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Compulsory prior administrative appeal

Article R2333-120-15

…t is presented to the deliberative assembly before 31 December. It is examined at the first meeting of the deliberative assembly following the submission of the document. The report prepared by the th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Policing of roads and buildings (R).

Article R2512-12

Streets known as "faubourgs", although they form a continuation to a street of the same name, take on a new sequence of numbers.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-12

For sums held in the automatic account of distribution companies that were due to expire on 31 December 2020, the period referred to in 2° of article 123-8 is extended by one year.

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

Article R2333-120-69

Applications for enforcement under this paragraph may be made without the assistance of a lawyer.

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

Article R2333-120-71

An application for the Commission to prescribe the measures necessary for the enforcement of a final decision of that Commission, accompanied, where appropriate, by a periodic penalty payment, may not…

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