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Showing 25412550 of 24636 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 23-11-2023 n° 22-21.463

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-5

The duration of the period of Ineligibility referred to in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach of article L. 232-9-3 is two years. This period may be reduced by up to half, depending on the degr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R2123-22-1-B

Within the limit of the maximum amount set in application of 3° of article R. 1621-7 of the present code, the member of the municipal council acquires his or her individual training rights recorded in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R4451-111

The employer, the head of the external company or the self-employed worker shall, where appropriate, set up a radiation protection organisation when the nature and extent of the risk of exposure of wo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4364-11

The representative of the State in the region shall, after obtaining the opinion of the Commission of prosthetists and orthotists for the fitting of orthopaedic devices for disabled persons provided f…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-8

Concealment of domicile or residence in subsequent civil proceedings, authorised pursuant to 6° of article 515-11 of the Civil Code, is subject to the conditions and procedures laid down by l'article…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-6

The duration of the suspension measures referred to in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 for a breach of 1° or 3° of article L. 232-10 shall be a minimum of four years. This sanction may go as far as perma…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: RESTRICTED ASYLUM APPLICATIONS

Article R754-11

The applicant is heard by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in accordance with the procedures laid down by articles R. 531-11 to R. 531-16 and R. 531-28.However, i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-118

…y in the Articles of Association, meetings are convened in accordance with the article 40 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-110

…governed by the provisions of Decree no. 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le titre IX du livre III du code civil, sous réserve des disposi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R814-117

The company or its liquidator is exempt from inserting in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements the notices and deeds provided for in articles 22, 24, 26, 27 and 29 of Decree no.

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