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Showing 791800 of 52951 articles for Art. 80 bis IV al. 2

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Financial autonomy

Article LO1114-2

Within the meaning of article 72-2 of the Constitution, the local authorities' own resources are made up of the proceeds of taxes of all kinds for which the law authorises them to set the base, rate o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Public contracts

Article L1414-2

…ed in accordance with a formalised procedure, the estimated value of which, excluding tax, taken individually, is equal to or greater than the European thresholds listed in the appendix to the Public…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial autopsies

Article 230-30

When the biological samples taken during a judicial autopsy are no longer necessary to establish the truth, the competent judicial authority may order their destruction. Destruction is carried out in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial autopsies

Article 230-31

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter shall be specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L144-2

The operations of the Banque de France and the activities referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 142-2 are governed by civil and commercial law.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1154-2

The representative trade union organisations in the company may take all legal action resulting from articles L. 1152-1 to L. 1152-3 and L. 1153-1 to L. 1153-4. They may take such action on behalf of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Legal proceedings.

Article L1144-2

The representative trade union organisations at national level or in the company may take any legal action resulting from the application of articles L. 3221-2 to L. 3221-7, relating to equal pay for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Administrative fines.

Article L1264-2

I.-The project owner, the principal or the user company is liable to an administrative fine, under the conditions set out in article L. 1264-3 : 1° In the event of failure to comply with one of the ob…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article L1274-2

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in this Title shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Organ transplants.

Article L1234-2

…ted to establishments which are authorised to carry out organ removal in application of article L. 1233-1, and which also carry out medical teaching and medical research activities in accordance with…

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