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Showing 7180 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
Sub-paragraph 4: Decision

Article R2333-120-58

…ecided after a hearing by a judge ruling alone, the minutes of the decision are signed by the judge and by the court clerk. In the absence of a hearing, it is signed only by the magistrate who handed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Decision

Article R2333-120-59

…author of an application that he considers to be improper. This fine shall be recovered, in accordance with the provisions of decree no. 64-1333 of 22 December 1964, by a public accountant designated…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Decision

Article R2333-120-56

…ion du contentieux du stationnement payant begin with the words: "In the name of the French people" and bear the following wording: "La commission du contentieux du stationnement payant".The decisions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Decision

Article R2333-120-57

The operative part of the decisions is divided into articles and preceded by the word: "decides" or, where appropriate, "orders".The commission's decisions are enforceable.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-5

Investment service providers, other than asset management companies, shall ensure that they do not remunerate or assess the performance of their employees in a way that undermines their duty to act in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-12

…sociation or any stipulation that would prevent such conversion or make it subject to a specific procedure.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules specific to the election of employee representatives

Article R1411-58-12

…eligible for this election is less than 40%; 2° When, after the results of the ballot, the difference between the number of elected women full members and the number of elected men full members is gr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Conciliation delegated to a court-appointed conciliator

Article 129-5

…if it appears that the conciliation is being compromised. The court clerk notifies the conciliator and the parties.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-5

The court is not obliged to refer a priority question of constitutionality involving, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Cour de cassation or the Conseil constitutionnel.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title: XIV: Measures to protect victims of violence

Article 515-12

…rom notification of the order. They may be extended if, during this period, an application for divorce or legal separation has been filed or if the family court has been seised of an application relat…

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