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Showing 23312340 of 19301 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Jan. 2011 – no. 09-72.510

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-8

…y one or more bodies, notified by the State to the European Commission under Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised marketing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L3335-3

…icles L. 262-2 and L. 262-3 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles, resulting from decrees no. 2013-793 of 30 August 2013, no. 2014-1127 of 3 October 2014, no. 2015-1231 of 6 October 2015, no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Investigation assistants

Article 21-3

…° Transcribe the recordings provided for in Article 100-5 and the third paragraph of Article 706-95-18 identified in advance as necessary to establish the truth by the judicial police officers [Provis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article L311-29

…0-25 and L. 310-25-1 of this Code, L. 212-15 and L. 212-15-1 of the Code de la mutualité and L. 931-18 and L. 931-18-1 of the Code de la sécurité sociale. In the event of the opening of collective pro…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-3

…olidity, after examination of the design documents, under the conditions set out in articles R. 125-18 and R. 125-19 of the French Construction and Housing Code;3° An enlarged site plan;4° A plan of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 21-1

…the territorial limits where the latter exercises his powers pursuant to the provisions of article 18.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Officials and agents authorised to investigate forestry offences

Article 24

…n, under the same conditions as those set out for forestry offences in articles L. 161-14 to L. 161-18 of the Forestry Code as well as, in environmental matters, to article L. 172-8 of the French Envi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article L324-2

…in Article L. 236-1 of the Commercial Code or the demerger operations referred to in Article L. 236-18 of the same Code involve transfers of the portfolio of contracts carried out under the conditions…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article L615-15

…anyone who knowingly breaches one of the obligations or prohibitions laid down in articles L. 614-18, L. 614-20 and the first paragraph of Article L. 614-21 will be punished by a fine of 6,000 euros…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-13

…ce laws and regulations and receive from the mayor the delegations provided for in articles L. 2122-18 to L. 2122-20. The deputy mayor also performs the duties of deputy mayor of the new commune, with…

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