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Showing 36213630 of 56993 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 11-1-2024 n° 22-16.974

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R2333-105-2

The fee payable each year to a municipality, a public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation or a mixed syndicate for the temporary occupation, recorded over the course of a year, of its public…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Special conditions for the "young children, children and adolescents" designation

Article D6124-177-66

In addition to the teams provided for in article D. 6124-177-61, the multidisciplinary team includes at least one childcare assistant.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: General conditions of detention

Article D147-31-1

Persons covered by the provisions of article D. 147-31 may not be placed under judicial supervision: 1° If they have been sentenced to socio-judicial supervision, unless this sentence was handed down…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-1

Article L. 22-10-36 of the French Commercial Code applies to the insurance and reinsurance companies referred to in Articles L. 310-1 and L. 310-1-1 which take the form of a société anonyme and whose…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L950-1

…6-1, L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-1635 du 1er décembre 2016 renforçant le dispositif français de lutte contre le blanchiment e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tobacco control

Article R3822-1

Title I of Book V of this Part shall apply to Wallis and Futuna as set out in the second column of the table below and subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter: R. 3511-1Decree no. 2016…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transmission and distribution of electricity and gas and for oil pipelines (R)

Article R2333-120

The fee payable to a municipality for the occupation of its public domain by pipelines transporting hydrocarbons or chemical products is set by deliberation of the municipal council after receiving th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions

Article 1080

…the particulars required for publication of the title deed in the forms provided for by the décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 portant réforme de la publicité foncière.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R5334-1

Failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 5331-1, L. 5331-2, L. 5331-4, L. 5332-1 and L. 5332-3, relating to the conditions for publication and dissemination of job offers, is punishable by…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-1

A 3rd category on-trade public house may not be opened in municipalities where the total number of establishments of this type and 4th category establishments reaches or exceeds the proportion of one…

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