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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions applicable to auctioneers, bailiffs, notaries and lawyers

Article R444-63

The involvement of several notaries in the drafting or receipt of a deed does not increase the emolument, unless the deed is remunerated according to the number of hours spent. The division of emolume…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 12: On-street vehicle parking charges

Article R2333-120-7

The information appearing on a payment notice drawn up in accordance with article R. 2333-120-4 is reproduced, in accordance with the procedures that it determines, by the entity responsible for issui…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-63

The decision to refer a matter pursuant to Article L. 2333-87-9 is taken by the committee acting as a collegial body. It is sent by the committee clerk's office to the secretariat of the Administrativ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-12-9

Where, pursuant to article 706-106-4, the Public Prosecutor at the Nanterre Judicial Court shall order an investigation into the possible criminal background of a person convicted of offences under Ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Sub-committees

Article R2272-17

…s defined in article R. 2272-10 are valid if more than half or, for the sub-committees mentioned in 4° and 6° of this article, if more than one third of the members with voting rights are present, inc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Seizure operations

Article R3252-22

…of the interest rate; 3° The method of calculating the seizable fraction and the terms of payment; 4° An injunction to file the declaration provided for in article L. 3252-9; 5° The reproduction of a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Work involving exposure to dangerous chemical agents

Article D4153-17

I.-It is prohibited to assign young people to work involving the preparation, use, handling or exposure to hazardous chemical agents defined in articles R. 4412-3 and R. 4412-60, with the exception of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition and technical organisation of sectors.

Article R3221-1

The psychiatric sectors provided for in article L. 3221-4 are called :1° Adult psychiatric sectors when they mainly meet the mental health needs of a population aged over eighteen ;2° Child and adoles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article A123-74

…2° The name followed, where applicable, by the acronym; 3° The amount of the statutory endowment; 4° The address of the registered office; 5° The legal form; 6° The surname, usual name, pseudonym an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Accounting (R)

Article D3342-8

…authorisations made against these appropriations during the financial year, including attachments; 4° The differences resulting from a comparison of the amount of appropriations with the total of aut…

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