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Showing 721730 of 61015 articles for Art. n° 19-23187 and Cass. com. 24 January 2018

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of discretion, secrecy and confidentiality

Article R8124-24

Enforcement officers shall respect the confidentiality of the complaints referred to them and shall refrain from disclosing to any person the identity of a complainant and from publicising the existen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines

Article L2334-24

…he local finance committee with a view to financing operations intended to improve public transport and traffic.The population to be taken into account for the application of this article is that defi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 2: Provisions applicable to the automatic release under constraint provided for in II of article 720

Article D147-24

…applicable even when proceedings are pending before the sentence enforcement courts. On the other hand, it does not apply to persons undergoing sentence adjustment in prison, except when they are pla…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-24

…The allowances voted by municipal councils for the actual performance of the duties of deputy mayor and member of special delegation acting as deputy mayor are determined by applying to the reference…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the register of travel agents and other operators involved in the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-24

After having given the interested party the opportunity to present written observations in his defence, the registration commission referred to in article L. 141-2 will remove the operator from the re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-24

The situations of insalubrity indicated in articles L. 1331-22 and L. 1331-23 are subject to the police measures defined in Title I of Book V of the Construction and Housing Code.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification of concentrations and granting of authorisation

Article R331-24

…prefect if the event is to take place on the airfields of Paris-Charles de Gaulle, Paris-Le Bourget and Paris-Orly..If the event takes place in more than one département, the application for authorisa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for damage and settlement of disputes

Article R623-24

The maintenance of accounts opened pursuant to article R. 623-23 may give rise to management fees collected by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Composition and operation of the Steering Committee

Article R1221-24

…ce of the members of the Steering Committee is three years, renewable. The provisions of the second and third paragraphs of article R. 1221-2 as well as the provisions of article R. 1221-10 are applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Distribution and supply of labile blood products.

Article R1222-24

…follow-up of recipients, including advice on or interpretation of the results of transfusion tests, and the application of conditions for the storage and transport of labile blood products. II-This fu…

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