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Showing 141150 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Functioning of the elected representatives' groups.

Article LO6431-27

The operation of the groups of elected representatives on the Territorial Council may be the subject of deliberations without the decisions relating to the allowance system for elected representatives…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4211-27

Unused medicines are destroyed by incineration with energy recovery in compliance with current regulations.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L232-27

…hments of the company that was used to commit the offence and that belongs to the convicted person; 4° A ban, under the conditions set out in article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, from exercising the p…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Elements of private project management for infrastructure works

Article R2431-27

…ify the routes of the supply and removal of all fluids as well as the existing underground networks;4° To specify the general provisions and technical specifications of the equipment meeting the needs…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Announcement of results and election disputes.

Article R713-27

The candidates with the highest number of votes in the election for the regional chamber of commerce and industry are elected to the regional chamber of commerce and industry and to the territorial ch…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-27

In the event of the death or impediment of the accounting officer, the competent departmental or, where applicable, regional director of public finance shall urgently appoint, with the approval of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation for bodies without a public accountant to allocate and pay expenditure relating to the remuneration of vocational training trainees

Article D1611-27

The authorisation provided for in III of article L. 1611-7 intended to enable organisations without a public accountant to be entrusted with the allocation and payment of expenditure relating to the r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to doorstep selling and the distance provision of financial services

Article R752-27

Article R. 353-1 is applicable in New Caledonia as amended by Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Capital increase.

Article R3332-27

…ase, 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…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Collective investment management companies

Article L775-27

Article L. 543-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording resulting fromOrder No. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017, subject to the deletion of the words: "managers of European venture c…

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