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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE COLLECTIVITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE COLLECTIVITY

Article LO6342-4

…right to bring any liability action against any natural or legal person that it remunerates in any form whatsoever.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: LEGAL REGIME FOR ACTS TAKEN BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE LOCAL AUTHORITY AND RELATIONS BETWEEN THE STATE AND THE LOCAL AUTHORITY

Article LO6452-4

…right to bring any liability action against any natural or legal person that it remunerates in any form whatsoever.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Judging of contraventions

Article R49-6

…Public Finances sends the offender an extract from the enforcement order concerning him/her in the form of a notice inviting him/her to pay the amount of the increased fixed fine. This notice contain…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-32

…pt to the interested party. It may only be appealed to the Supreme Court if it does not satisfy, in form, the essential conditions for its legal existence.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R294

…e of the company or establishment, for legal persons, as soon as he is notified, shall enter on the forms the particulars prescribed in articles 769 et 769-1. "The notice is sent as soon as possible t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conciliation procedure.

Article R1142-23

…ersons mentioned in the previous paragraph conduct the conciliation under the conditions and in the form set out in Article R. 1142-22. In the event of total or partial conciliation, they personally s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-13

…shall take all necessary measures to guarantee the security and confidentiality of all nominative information contained in the register, in accordance with the provisions of Act no. 78-17 of 6 January…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Packaged spring waters.

Article R1321-89

…e source under several trade descriptions is prohibited.The provisions of this article apply to all forms of labelling and advertising.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ACCOUNTING

Article D2343-1

…mayor shall hand over to the accounting officer of the commune, duly summarised on an issue slip, a formal copy of all leases, contracts, judgments, wills, declarations, statements of collection, new…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Group retirement savings plan

Article R3334-3

…lan set out the conditions for the delivery of sums or values held in participants' accounts in the form of a life annuity acquired for valuable consideration. However, when the rules provide for the…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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