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Showing 14911500 of 4475 articles for Art. CA Paris – 22 Sept. 1999

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article R2336-9

I. - An indicator of the resources of the communes of New Caledonia is created, which corresponds to the sum of:a) The flat-rate allocation of the global operating allocation defined in Article L. 233…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-18

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Social institutions

Article 1075

The provisions of article 1083 are applicable to the caisse générale de prévoyance des marins et de leurs familles en cas de accident, de maladie, d'invalidité et de maternité (1).

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-1-3

The associations referred to inArticle L. 122-1 and the sports companies referred to in Article L. 122-2 may grant sports betting operators holding the authorisation provided for in Article 21 of Law…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Law applicable to contracts

Article L232-2

…im by the provisions adopted by a Member State of the European Union in implementation of Directive 1999/44/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 on certain aspects of the sa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-80

Instructions given by electronic means under the conditions defined in Article R. 225-61 involving a proxy or power of attorney may validly reach the company up to 3 p.m., Paris time, on the day befor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-20

…r shall offer the employee another date within the two-month period provided for in article D. 3121-22.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: The Assize Court

Article A36-12

…ilaine900Indre230(Arr. 26 May 2004, art. 2,2°) Martinique550Mayenne300Meurthe-et-Moselle600Nièvre230Paris2,300Savoie390(Arr. 13 sept. 2006, art. 2) Seine-et-Marne1,400Seine-Saint-Denis2,000Val-de-Marn…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-11

The departmental prefect shall request the repayment of all or part of the grant in the cases provided for in article 15 of décret n°99-1060 du 16 décembre 1999.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-18

…t to compulsory time off in lieu is deemed to have arisen as soon as the duration of this time off, calculated in accordance with article L. 3121-38, reaches seven hours. The day or half-day during wh…

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