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Showing 14611470 of 65385 articles for Art. s. L 144-1 to L 144-13

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the special grant for school construction and equipment

Article D2564-13

…ns: a) The designation and characteristics of the operation, the nature and the estimated amount excluding taxes of the subsidisable expenditure; b) The estimated timetable for the operation, the esti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Application for a declaration that the appeal has suspensive effect

Article R342-13

The first president of the court of appeal or his delegate shall rule on the request to declare the appeal suspensive, after the foreign national or his counsel has been given the opportunity to submi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Communication of the appeal and pleadings

Article R532-13

The appeal is communicated to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons.The Office immediately transmits the applicant's file to the National Court of Asylum, which keeps…

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

Article R1617-13

Advance administrators pay expenditure under the same conditions as public accountants. Under the conditions laid down in the act constituting the imprest account, they may be authorised to issue paym…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions applicable in the event of consignment and automated checks

Article A37-13

Notwithstanding articles A. 37-7, A. 37-8, A. 37-9 and A. 37-11, when the offences referred to in Article L. 121-3 of the Highway Code are recorded without intercepting the vehicle and using an automa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-13

In the absence of an agreement mentioned in article L. 3142-26, in order to terminate the leave early or to waive it in the cases provided for in article L. 3142-19, the employee must send a reasoned…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: National Commission for Decentralised Cooperation (R)

Article R1115-13

The commission collects, from local and regional authorities and their groupings, and updates information relating to actions that fall within the scope of the external action of local and regional au…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 C

I. - Housing acquired with a view to rental, with financial assistance from the State or with a subsidy from the National Urban Renewal Agency, pursuant to 3° and 5° of Article L. 831-1 du code de la…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-135-1

I.- Articles R. 5121-133 to R. 5121-135 do not apply to gene therapy and xenogenic cell therapy preparations. II-Any gene therapy or xenogenic cell therapy preparation that does not have the authorisa…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Start-up and shut-down controls

Article R4324-13

All work equipment is fitted with the necessary controls to enable it to be shut down safely.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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