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Showing 541550 of 56586 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12-1-1967 n° 65-10.196

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of the request

Article R2333-120-35

When an enforcement order is issued, it replaces the unpaid parking charge payment notice or the unpaid rectifying payment notice, which can no longer be contested. No plea based on the illegality of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of the request

Article R2333-120-29

The provisions of this sub-paragraph shall apply on pain of inadmissibility of the application.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Informing the driver of the rate scale for immediate payment of the parking charge and the amount of the post-parking charge

Article R2333-120-2

In compliance with the rules set out in the first paragraph of article R. 411-25 of the Highway Code, on-street spaces subject to payment of parking charges are signposted horizontally or vertically o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Introductory chapter: Definitions

Article 120-1

For the purposes of these general regulations, the following definitions shall apply "Subscriber to a digital channel" means any person who has expressed an intention to follow the activity of a digit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article R4221-12

The skills consolidation course provided for in the penultimate paragraph of article L. 4221-12 is completed on a full-time basis, in a host structure listed in the order referred to in article R. 422…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Combating sexual harassment

Article 122-17

The granting and payment of any financial assistance is subject to compliance by the beneficiary with its obligations to prevent sexual harassment and to implement measures to put an end to it and pun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-12

The preparatory operations for the ballot, the voting operations, the vote count and the announcement of the results are carried out under the conditions laid down in Chapter VI of Title I of Book I o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Amount of the surcharge and recovery of the unpaid parking charge

Article R2333-120-17-1

The Agence nationale de traitement informatisé des infractions governed by decree no. 2011-348 of 29 March 2011 is the authorising officer responsible for issuing the enforcement order provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to market undertakings and clearing houses

Article L763-12

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to market undertakings and clearing houses

Article L762-12

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable ar…

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