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Showing 621630 of 23030 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 23 Sept. 2014 – no. 13-21.285

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-23

…gations receive a functional allowance set by applying the reference term mentioned in article L. 2123-20 the following scale: Population (inhabitants) Rate (as % of index) Less than 500 25.5 From 500…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Other policies

Article L2213-23

The mayor is responsible for policing bathing and water sports activities carried out from the shore using beach and unregistered equipment. This policing is exercised at sea up to a limit set at 300…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-23

The suspension of an online public communication service may be ordered by the interim relief judge for the facts provided for in Article 421-2-5 of the Criminal Code when they constitute a manifestly…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-23

Where the confiscation order relates to a sum of money expressed in a foreign currency, the criminal court converts the amount to be confiscated into euros at the exchange rate in force on the date on…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer and transit.

Article 728-23

As soon as the competent authority of the executing State has indicated that it agrees to recognise the sentence and enforce it on its territory, the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-23

…sector employees. The contracts of public-sector employees are subject to the provisions of decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable to State contract employe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-23

The panel deliberates under the conditions set out in article R. 232-96.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: The National Safety Commission for Sports Venues

Article R312-23

The owner of the sports stadium concerned, or his representative, if this owner is not the municipality whose mayor is vested with the power of municipal policing over this sports stadium, attends mee…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-23

The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion will take all necessary steps to ensure that only authorised persons have access to rooms equipped with audiovisual communication equipment w…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The Professional Advisory Committee for Sport and Leisure Activities (Commission professionnelle consultative des métiers du sport et de l'animation)

Article A142-23

A sub-committee of the Commission professionnelle consultative des métiers du sport et de l'animation is responsible for dealing with issues relating to the sports professions. It is made up of : 1° A…

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