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Showing 15011510 of 64636 articles for Art. CE 12-5-2022 n° 416727 and CE 27-3-2020 n° 428234

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-12

…he college mentioned in 1° of B of II of article L. 1233-5, the provisions of articles 29 to 41, 45 and 46 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020 are applicable insofar as they relate to pu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: The application

Article 1217

Outside the cases provided for in articles 390,391,442,485 and in the third paragraph of Article 494-3 of the Civil Code, the court shall be seised by application delivered or addressed to the registr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Hearings

Article R2333-120-49

The Chairman of the Commission or the magistrate designated by him decides to call the case for a hearing if the difficulty of the question raised so warrants.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: General system of acquits-à-caution.

Article 120

1. Goods transported in bond or placed under a customs procedure suspending duties, taxes or prohibitions must be covered by an acquit-à-caution.2. The acquit-à-caution shall include, in addition to t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Transit.

Article 129

No discharge shall be given in respect of commitments entered into unless, at the office of destination, the goods :-have been placed in customs clearance warehouses or areas, or in export warehouses…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: The appeal.

Article 1241

The time limit for appealing against judgments ruling on a protective measure with regard to a person of full age runs: 1° With regard to the protected person of full age, from the notification provid…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 4: The appeal.

Article 1239

Unless otherwise provided, the decisions of the guardianship judge and the deliberations of the family council may be appealed. Without prejudice to the provisions of articles 1239-1 to 1239-3, the ap…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to adults.

Article 1256

Where the medical certificate described by article 431 of the Civil Code and the medical opinion referred to in articles 426 and 432 of the same code are requested by the public prosecutor or ordered…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R1235-12

…rovisions of this chapter shall apply to army hospitals. For these hospitals, the Minister for Defence shall exercise the powers of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-12

Expenditure and income attributable to the activities carried out by public health institutions are recorded in a single statement of projected income and expenditure. However, operating operations re…

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