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Showing 801810 of 19482 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 23 Sept. 2008 – no. 07-13.338

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7227-23

Councillors to the Martinique Assembly, the President of the Executive Council and executive councillors may receive a travel allowance and reimbursement of the subsistence expenses they have incurred…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-23

The Orientation Council attached to the National Council is made up of nine members appointed by order of the Minister responsible for local and regional authorities, as follows: 1° Three local electe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article R1213-23

The secretariat of the national council is provided by the ministry responsible for local authorities.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article R2-23

As part of recovery assistance and in all proceedings to recover damages obtained by the beneficiary of an authorisation issued in accordance with Article 15-4 in respect of compensation for his loss…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The departments and units referred to in article 15-1

Article R15-23

The categories of national gendarmerie units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the area of responsibility of one or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-23

Penitentiary administration staff shall fit and remove the anti-rapprochement bracelet under the conditions set out in the provisions of articles R. 631-1 and R. 631-3 of the French Penitentiary Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial police files

Article R40-23

…g of personal data, known as "criminal records processing", for the purposes mentioned in l'article 230-6.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50-23

Decisions by the commission and the commission chairman may not be opposed. They may be appealed regardless of the amount of the claim.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article R53-23

The register provided for in the second paragraph of Article 706-57 is kept at the headquarters of each national police service or national gendarmerie unit. It is initialled by the head of the police…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Trial of offences

Article D45-23

Where the accused, the civil party or the person civilly liable lodges an appeal, on a principal or incidental basis, against a judgment which has been rendered by the correctional court composed of i…

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