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Showing 27512760 of 37285 articles for Art. n° 20-20619 · Cass. com. 29 May 2024

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions applicable in municipalities with a state police force

Article R2214-2

The State police system may be established in a commune or in a group of communes forming an urban area when the following two conditions are met:1° The population of the commune or group of communes,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article R615-3

…ate per meeting of which is set by joint order of the same ministers. The members of the commission may be reimbursed for their travel expenses under the conditions set by the décret n° 2006-781 du 3…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Residential and business premises

Article 1496 bis

…cluded in the area of competence of a community development syndicate created in application of loi n° 70-610 du 10 juillet 1970, may decide, by a deliberation taken before 1 July 1986, that all resid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIIa: The national platform for judicial interception

Article R40-55

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article 111 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 modififiée relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, l'accès aux données mentionnées à l'articl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Issuance of Bulletin No. 2 of the Criminal Record

Article R81

…f the information provided for in Article 769 is reproduced on bulletin no. 2. If not, the bulletin n° 2 is marked "nil". If the request for bulletin no. 2 comes from the central authority of a Member…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Green Spaces Agency.

Article R4413-8

…ties free of charge. Board members who do not reside in the town where the Board of Directors meets may receive travel and subsistence allowances calculated in accordance with the conditions set out i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D5211-5

…ittee of one of the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation mentioned by this article may be reimbursed for the transport costs they incur when travelling to attend the meetings cited by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-10

…ust neither be drawn up nor transcribed in France, an order of the minister responsible for culture may extend the benefit of the additional thirty-year extension to the heirs or other successors in t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-14

…panies Register shall be drawn up in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 15 of Decree n°84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the Trade and Companies Register. Notwithstanding articles 22, 2…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative organisation (R)

Article R2221-10

…expenses incurred by directors to attend meetings of the Board of Directors or the Operating Board may be reimbursed, based on supporting documents, under the conditions defined by articles 9, 10 and…

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