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Showing 911920 of 41170 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-4-2016 n° 14-24.164

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6262-14

The new deliberation of the territorial council or the board of directors of the public establishment, taken in accordance with the second paragraph of Article LO 6262-4, is sent within eight days to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6362-14

The new deliberation of the territorial council or the board of directors of the public establishment, taken in accordance with the second paragraph of Article LO 6362-4, is sent within eight days to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1466 D

Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of l'article 1639 A bis,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions

Article L2223-14

Municipalities may, but are not obliged to institute all of the categories listed below, grant in their cemeteries: 1° Temporary concessions for a maximum of fifteen years; 2° Thirty-year concessions;…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-14

The amount of selective aid granted in application of articles 223-1 and 223-9 for the distribution of previously unreleased works other than those mentioned in articles 222-7 and 222-8 and repertory…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sampling.

Article R5127-14

A copy of the report or record of sampling shall be sent by its author(s), as appropriate, to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or to the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Additional provisions relating to preventive measures

Article L311-14

The supervisory board of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may order a person referred to in Article L. 311-5 to provide, as part of the recovery plan or convergence plan submitted…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Lapse and cessation of activity

Article R1333-142

When pollution resulting from the nuclear activity is discovered at the time of definitive cessation of its activity, the person responsible for the activity shall propose to the Nuclear Safety Author…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Delegation hours.

Article L2143-14

In companies or establishments where, in application of articles L. 2143-3 and L. 2143-4, several delegates are appointed for each trade union section, these delegates may divide among themselves the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article 142-12-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 142-5, house arrest enforced under mobile electronic surveillance may be ordered when the person is under investigation for violence or threats, punishable by…

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