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Showing 181190 of 64636 articles for Art. CE 12-5-2022 n° 416727 and CE 27-3-2020 n° 428234

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Related agents

Article R775-27

Article R. 545-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree No. 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Capital increase.

Article R3332-27

…either the issuing company, or a company in the same group within the meaning of articles L. 3344-1 and L. 3344-2, undertakes to repurchase these securities at the first request of the subscriber at t…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consent to prosecution or enforcement of a sentence for another offence

Article 728-27

Where, before or after the transfer of the sentenced person, the competent authority of the administering State requests the representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office to agree that the sentence…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Grants and subsidies

Article L2564-27

The communes of Mayotte receive a special grant for the construction and equipment of schools.The amount of this grant is set at €10,531,615 for 2014. The grant is indexed in subsequent years to the r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation.

Article R2324-27

In the collective childcare establishments referred to in 1° and 2° of II of article R. 2324-17, the maximum number of children cared for simultaneously may reach 115% of the childcare capacity provid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Decisions and appeals

Article R824-27

…the persons with whom the statutory auditor was carrying out his duties of this measure.In the absence of an alternate statutory auditor, when a sanction of provisional suspension, temporary prohibiti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R7111-27

The Professional Journalists Identity Card Committee shall draw up its own rules of procedure. The committee may only deliberate when at least five representatives of employers and five representative…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 27

…e in which they are located at the time it becomes applicable to them. 2. However, the customs service may authorise the separation of goods which, in the same consignment, have deteriorated as a resu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Transmission

Article L131-27

…endorsement made after the protest or after the expiry of the time limit for presentation only produces the effects of an ordinary assignment. In the absence of proof to the contrary, an undated endor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Applicable charges

Article L133-27

The payee shall pay the charges levied by his payment service provider and the payer shall pay the charges levied by his payment service provider where: 1° A payment transaction is made within the Eur…

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