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Showing 19912000 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

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

Article R2333-120-35

…it replaces the unpaid parking charge payment notice or the unpaid rectifying payment notice, which can no longer be contested. No plea based on the illegality of this act may be raised before the cou…

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

Article R2333-120-29

The provisions of this sub-paragraph shall apply on pain of inadmissibility of the application.

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

Article R2333-120-1

…L. 2333-87, including in dematerialised form, informs the driver of: a) The immediate payment rate scale applicable in the paid parking zone; b) The amount of the applicable post-parking charge. The i…

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

Article R2333-120-2

…ay Code, on-street spaces subject to payment of parking charges are signposted horizontally or vertically or both to indicate that parking is subject to payment.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article R2-15-3

…the same article shall be kept for ten years from the date of the event or for fifteen years in the case of terrorist acts. The identity, nationality, role and status for the event and the identifier,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Workshops and integration projects.

Article L5132-15-1-1

Workshops and integration projects can enter into open-ended contracts with people aged at least 57 who are experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in accordance with procedures…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-15-1

…le R. 663-15-1, the emolument due to the plan execution commissioner, in respect of the work he has carried out in connection with new cash contributions provided for in the third paragraph of Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informal appeals

Article R7343-12

…sibility, within seven days of the date referred to in 1° of II of Article R. 7343-10, by any means capable of establishing a date of receipt. An acknowledgement of receipt is sent to the applicant.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors.

Article R1413-12

…nt plan; 5° The establishment's initial budget and amending budgets, the financial account, the allocation of profits, the employment table and loans; 6° Contracts, public procurement contracts, grant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Payment service providers

Article L572-12

Failure by the directors of a payment institution to publish the annual accounts in accordance with the conditions set out in IV of article L. 522-19 is punishable by a fine of €15,000.

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