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Showing 18311840 of 63846 articles for Art. s. L. 223-21 and L. 225-41

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

Article R4433-21

The portion intended to compensate for expenditure on studies and the conduct of the operation shall be the subject, at the request of the President of the Regional Council, of two payments of equal a…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Headcount

Article D210-21

For the application of the provisions of this book, the number of employees is determined according to the provisions of the last paragraph of article D. 123-200. The categories of persons included in…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-21

…e or sent by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the registry of the court of appeal. The appeal is lodged, investigated and judged in accordance with the procedure without compulsory…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R2192-21

The contract includes stipulations on the penalties incurred as a result of failure to comply with the time limit mentioned in article R. 2192-19 or the obligation provided for in article R. 2192-20,…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Advisory committee on the management of the Paris fire brigade reporting to the Prefect of Police

Article D2512-21

…e brigade, prior to the vote of the part of the special budget by this assembly, for the investment and operating sections.The commission also receives communication of documents of a budgetary nature…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Rules governing the practice of the profession of optician-mutician

Article D4362-21

…nce is identified, may, at the request of the doctor or the patient, dispense corrective eye lenses and corrective lenses to patients in their own homes or admitted to public or private health or medi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion

Article R6523-21

The Regional Committee for Employment, Vocational Training and Guidance shall set up a bureau comprising :1° Three representatives of the State, including the Regional Prefect, the Academic Regional R…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-21

…individuals, this identity may only be revealed once the matching operations have been carried out, and only for those items of data which have actually been matched with each other or with other info…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Technical capacity of points of entry into France

Article R3115-21

The Prefect conducts an audit of the existing technical capacity of the entry points and prepares an action programme, in consultation with the entry point manager, to achieve and maintain the require…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-21

…18, the committal or arrest warrant shall remain enforceable; the prosecution or investigation acts and formalities that took place before the decision to relinquish jurisdiction or competence became…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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