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Showing 18611870 of 23030 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 23 Sept. 2014 – no. 13-21.285

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article R2223-13

The state of abandonment is recorded in a report drawn up by the mayor or his delegate after a visit to the site, in the presence of a police officer delegated by the head of the district or, in the a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Funeral operations

Article R2223-135

…ge of the applicant for recognition of his professional qualifications provided for in article L. 2223-50 is made on the basis of supporting documents produced by the applicant. It is carried out, wit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGET AND ACCOUNTS

Article R2311-13

…propriation are carried forward, under the conditions set out in the fourth paragraph of article L. 2311-5, the entries in the budget are justified by the production in the appendix of a forecast resu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3661-13

If the administrative account has not been adopted by the date of the vote on the budget for the following financial year, when the result of the operating section, the financing requirement or, where…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Electronic voting.

Article D4233-13

…dacy of the pairs of candidates or of the candidates and their substitutes mentioned in article D. 4233-10.Within the same timeframe, voters also receive, under conditions that guarantee their confide…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties to patients

Article R4312-13

Nurses implement the right of all persons to be informed about their state of health in accordance with their professional skills. This information relates to the care, means and techniques used, abou…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-13

…lvency margin requirement for insurance undertakings, as set out in article R. 334-5 ; c) For class 23 referred to in Article R. 321-1 of this Code, the minimum margin requirement is equal to 1% of th…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Seizure by immobilisation of the vehicle

Article R223-13

…r does not use the simplified realisation procedure provided for in the second paragraph of article 2346 of the Civil Code, a warning, in very conspicuous lettering, that he has a period of one month…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Funeral operations

Article R2223-134

…When an application for recognition of the professional qualifications provided for in article L. 2223-49, the Prefect shall acknowledge receipt of the applicant's file within one month of the referra…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Multiple seizures

Article R522-13

If the debtor presents proposals for amicable sale, the distraining creditor who accepts them shall communicate the content thereof, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the credit…

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