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Showing 16911700 of 57098 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 23-1-2013 n° 11-20.313

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L3221-11-1

Where article L. 3221-11, the decision of the Departmental Council or the Permanent Commission instructing the Chairman of the Departmental Council to sign a specific contract or framework agreement m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R134-11

The publicity measures referred to in Article L. 134-7 include an information campaign conducted at the initiative of the Ministry responsible for culture, in conjunction with the collective managemen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article L562-11

The Minister for the Economy and the Minister for the Interior may jointly authorise the release and making available of part of the funds or economic resources subject to a freezing order pursuant to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-11

The council of the Greater Paris metropolis adopts by a two-thirds majority, within six months of its creation, a financial and fiscal pact defining the financial relations between the Greater Paris m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines.

Article R2334-11

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 4414-1 and R. 4414-2, the sums due to the public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status with a population of at least 10,000…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial provisions.

Article R6147-111

The annual funding allocation for the Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon territorial public health establishment referred to inArticle L. 174-1 of the Social Security Code represents the portion of expenditure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Pollution of maritime waters by discharges from ships

Article 706-111

The order made pursuant to Article 706-110 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the parties,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Registration system

Article R1333-113

I.-The nuclear activities defined in Article R. 1333-104 and included on a list drawn up by decision of the Nuclear Safety Authority approved by the Minister responsible for radiation protection are s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain activities

Article R4424-11

In establishments and services involved in prevention and care and in establishments providing conservation care, measures to prevent injuries and the risk of contamination by pathogenic biological ag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-11

The chairman of the High Council may decide, after obtaining the assent of the accounting officer:1° In the event of hardship for the debtors, to grant an ex gratia remission of the High Council's deb…

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