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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Syndicates of communes

Article L5842-14

…the High Commissioner of the Republic, on the initiative of one or more municipal councils. "2° The last sentence is deleted.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article R61-2

…of imprisonment actually served is taken into account for the application of the provisions of the last paragraph of article 763-5.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R269

…tion by the administrative or military authority, unless he lodges an objection. "At the end of the last paragraph, the words "or on the notice" are added. "

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Appeals to the Court of Cassation

Article R1462-1

The industrial tribunal will rule at last instance: 1° When the total value of the claims of none of the parties exceeds the jurisdictional rate set by decree; 2° When the claim is for the delivery, e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article D641-8-1

…provisions of the sixth paragraph of Article D. 123-200. It is assessed on the closing date of the last accounting period.The absence of employees referred to in III of Article L. 812-2 is assessed o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to New Caledonia

Article D752-21

…table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 330-4 with the exception of the last sentence of c) of its I and D. 330-5No. 2019-944 of 9 September 2019

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article D754-19

…table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 330-4 with the exception of the last sentence of c) of I and D. 330-5No. 2019-944 of 9 September 2019

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Communal property.

Article D2573-24

…plicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptation provided for in II.II. - The last paragraph of Article R. 2241-2 reads as follows: "This certificate must include the identity of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Access to documents and information

Article R4314-9

…available. The technical file or documentation may be requested for ten years after the date of the last manufacture.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction of Disciplinary Boards of First Instance

Article R4126-8

…hamber of first instance is the one within whose jurisdiction the practitioner being prosecuted was last entered on the roll.

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