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Showing 611620 of 7796 articles for Art. CE 29-12-1995 n° 118754

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Withdrawal of communes.

Article L5212-29-1

…meeting in the formation provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 5211-45 and in compliance with the provisions of the second to fifth paragraphs of article L. 5212-29, to withdraw from the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article R612-29-4

…two months and no earlier than six months before the appointment or reappointment of the persons concerned is due to take place. To this end, a file shall be sent to the Autorité, the content of which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-5

When the investigating chamber or the trial court that pronounces a decision that the person is not criminally responsible does not decide to have the person hospitalised involuntarily because such ho…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Access to payment accounts

Article D133-12

As soon as a payment service provider managing accounts has a dedicated interface complying with the obligations set out in Article 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2018/389 of 27 Novembe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Other security measures

Article D47-29-7

…al disorder is handed down by the assize court, this order is made by the court without the assistance of the jury. The reasons for the decision shall be given with regard to the provisions of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-29-3

…paragraph of article R. 1334-23 carry out a visual examination of the condition of the treated surfaces before any return to the treated premises. He shall also have a measurement taken of the level o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-1

…r for involuntary hospitalisation made pursuant to article 706-135 of this code is immediately enforceable, without prejudice to the possibility of referring the matter to the liberty and custody judg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Assessment of tax officials entrusted with certain criminal investigation duties

Article R15-33-29-13

An individual file concerning the activities of each tax services agent authorised to carry out judicial police missions is kept permanently at the public prosecutor's office of the Paris court of app…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 12: Employee representative in a chamber of agriculture.

Article L2412-12

When an employee representing a chamber of agriculture has a fixed-term employment contract, he or she benefits from the guarantees and protection provided for inarticle L. 515-4 of the French Rural a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L224-25-29

…lar intellectual property rights, prevents or limits the use of the digital content or digital service in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 224-25-13 and L. 224-25-14, the nullity of the c…

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