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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: The investigating judge: court of first instance

Article D32

Where, following an investigation initiated on the basis of a civil party's complaint, a decision to dismiss the case has been handed down, the person under investigation and any person referred to in…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensation for severe disability

Article R5213-48

When a decision to recognise the seriousness of the disability is in progress and the beneficiary of the employment obligation changes position within the company or self-employed activity, or when hi…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1394 B bis

I. - Non-built properties classified in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 are exempt…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Undeclared periods of activity

Article L5426-1-1

I.-Periods of employment lasting more than three days, consecutive or otherwise, during the same calendar month, which are not declared by the jobseeker to Pôle emploi by the end of that month, are no…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article D2122-7-2

The delegation threshold set by the deliberation provided for in 30° of article L. 2122-22 of this code may not exceed 100 euros. After examining the proposals forwarded by the public accountant relat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article D3221-2

The delegation threshold set by the deliberation provided for in 18° of Article L. 3211-2 of this Code may not exceed 100 euros. After examining the proposals sent by the public accountant relating to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article D4231

The delegation threshold set by the deliberation provided for in 16° of article L. 4221-5 of this code may not exceed 200 euros. After examining the proposals sent by the public accountant relating to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Dismissal.

Article 125

A plea of inadmissibility must be raised of the court's own motion where it is a matter of public policy, in particular where it arises from failure to comply with the time limits within which appeals…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-25

In the context of a performance study involving an intervention not justified by the usual management of the participant and entailing risks and constraints that are not minimal, failure by the sponso…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L212-11

The rules relating to the footprint of areas, whether built on or not, allocated to ancillary parking areas of a cinema subject to the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-7 of this code, whet…

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