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Showing 101110 of 28545 articles for Art. 27 May 1997

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-27

…ganisations or two employees' organisations represented on this commission, the Minister for Labour may extend an agreement or convention or their addenda or annexes by decree:1° When the text has not…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-27

No expenditure made on behalf of the metropolis may be paid unless it has first been mandated by the President of the Council of the metropolis from a duly opened appropriation.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-27

In application of article R. 6152-26, the length of the weekly shift is fixed, but may not exceed forty-eight hours per week, calculated as an average over a period of four months. When work is perfor…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 276-4

The debtor of a compensatory allowance in the form of an annuity may, at any time, apply to the judge for the substitution of a capital sum for all or part of the annuity. The substitution is made in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-27

The mayor may require owners, usufructuaries, farmers or any other owners or operators to enclose wells and excavations presenting a danger to public safety with an adequate fence.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-27

Any transferee of the receipt or warrant may demand the transcription in the counterfoil registers from which they are extracted of the endorsement made for his benefit, with an indication of his domi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article R626-27

…ion commissioner shall also indicate on the slip provided for in Article R. 521-6 whether the asset may be moved and the duration of the inalienability measure.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-27

…nce and content of the European arrest warrant against him. He shall also inform the person that he may be assisted by a lawyer of his choice or, failing that, by a lawyer appointed by the President o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Territorial, local and departmental chambers of commerce and industry in the Ile-de-France region

Article R711-27

…assembly are renewed at the next five-yearly renewal.Between two five-yearly renewals, appointments may be made under the conditions set out in article R. 711-25 to fill any vacancies.From the day of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Advertising

Article R5125-27

Health education brochures may be given to the public free of charge in the pharmacy, provided that they do not contain any advertising for the pharmacy, apart from the name and address of the pharmac…

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