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Showing 15311540 of 2947 articles for Art. 27 mars 2002

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Transitional provisions

Article L5217-18

…from the general renewal of the municipal councils following the promulgation of Law no. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolise…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Decisions taken after the prison administration has been given time to take corrective measures

Article R249-30

No later than ten days after the expiry of the time limit set pursuant to Article R. 249-27, the judge shall take one of the decisions provided for in this section, after having again taken the observ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-23

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles R. 814-27 and R. 814-28 of the French Commercial Code, the remuneration of the judicial administrator, the judicial representative and the liquidator of a cr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General rules for extension and enlargement

Article D2261-4-3

The organisations mentioned inArticle L. 2261-27-1 have one month from the publication of the notice provided for inArticle L. 2261-19 to ask the Minister to refer the matter to the group of experts.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General rules for extension and enlargement

Article D2261-4-1

…to result from the extension of an agreement or their amendments as provided for inArticle L. 2261-27-1 is made up of five persons chosen for their competence and experience in the economic and socia…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-3

…ating to the legal weekly working hours and maximum daily working hours set out in articles L. 3121-27 and L. 3121-18 and the decrees set out in articles L. 3121-67 and L. 3121-68 is punishable by a f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financing Corsica's sustainable development plan

Article R4425-7

…9, the special contribution from the general decentralisation grant provided for in article L. 4425-27 is allocated to the Corsican local authority in the form of a grant comprising two parts, the fir…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-28

…nsolidated accounts, shall comply with the provisions of articles L. 233-16 and L. 233-18 to L. 233-27. In this case, when their annual accounts are certified under the conditions provided for in arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contributions to the account.

Article L6323-28

…count in full for the calculation of the amount mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 6323-27.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article R421-1

…up a cinema access scheme without having obtained the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-27, to maintain an approved formula beyond the period for which approval has been granted, or to mak…

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