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Showing 501510 of 20410 articles for Art. n° 14-27.212 + Cass. 3e civ.

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6252-14

The president of the territorial council may, after deliberation by the executive council, refer to the administrative tribunal a request for an opinion on the interpretation of the status of Saint-Ba…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Powers of the President of the Territorial Council

Article LO6352-14

The president of the territorial council may, after deliberation by the executive council, refer to the administrative court a request for an opinion on the interpretation of the status of Saint-Marti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Rules of good practice.

Article D5232-14

In order to provide the most appropriate equipment for the needs of the person who is ill or has an incapacity or disability, the service provider and the equipment distributor will ask the prescriber…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-14

When the accounts of a territorial authority show a deficit in the implementation of the budget, after verification of the accuracy of the revenue and expenditure entries, equal to or greater than 10%…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-14

The standard of professional practice relating to management declarations, approved by the Minister of Justice, is set out below: MANAGEMENT STATEMENTS Introduction 1. As part of the audit of the acco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within this perimeter

Article A761-14

The second part of the application to the Prefect referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 761-12-1 includes all the information needed to examine the application, namely: 1° An indicative pla…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-14

The lessor may refuse to renew the lease. However, the lessor must, subject to the exceptions set out in articles L. 145-17 et seq, pay the evicted tenant a so-called eviction indemnity equal to the l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-2

The first part of the bond shall be returned or the first part of the sureties lifted if the accused, defendant or person under investigation has appeared for all the acts of the proceedings, has comp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 143-1

Subject to the provisions of Article 137, pre-trial detention may only be ordered or extended in one of the cases listed below: 1° The person under investigation is facing a criminal sentence; 2° The…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-14

For contracts mentioned in article L. 141-1 , one unit of account of which is made up of shares in a company mentioned in article L. 160-10, the insurance company shall inform the policyholder(s) and…

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