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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Amount of the surcharge and recovery of the unpaid parking charge

Article R2333-120-17-1

The Agence nationale de traitement informatisé des infractions governed by decree no. 2011-348 of 29 March 2011 is the authorising officer responsible for issuing the enforcement order provided for in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Composition of the Assize Court

Article A36-12

…y 2004, art. 2,2°) Martinique550Mayenne300Meurthe-et-Moselle600Nièvre230Paris2,300Savoie390(Arr. 13 sept. 2006, art. 2) Seine-et-Marne1,400Seine-Saint-Denis2,000Val-de-Marne1,700Var1,000Yonne350The pr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employees working the same shift pattern

Article D3171-5

…of working time applies under the conditions laid down in article L. 3121-44, or in article D. 3121-27, the notice shall indicate the number of weeks comprising the reference period set by the agreeme…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions

Article R412-7

Pursuant to Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011, as amended, on the provision of food information to consumers, the labelling pa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article L511-17

…etables with the marketing standards provided for in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 2011, as amended, laying down detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC)…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operating grants without earmarking

Article L2335-3

…unt paid in 2008 for all the compensation mentioned in I to X of article 48 of law no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 on the finances for 2009 and the total amount of this same compensation provided fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition, organisation and operation

Article L7345-4

…lations Authority. The tax is allocated up to the ceiling set in I of Article 46 of the Finance Act 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 for 2012.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Fruit and vegetables

Article R412-25

…and paragraph 4 of Article 11 and paragraph 3 of Article 17 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2011, as amended, laying down deta…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R451-1

…sion to take over abandoned premises, under the conditions set out in articles 1 to 8 of decree no. 2011-945 of 10 August 2011 implementing article 14-1 of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: National Agricultural Risk Management Fund

Article 1635 bis A

…nal Agricultural Risk Management Fund, up to the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012, are established, liquidated and recovered in acco…

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