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Showing 41614170 of 21704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Mar. 2008 – no. 07-10.590

French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-1

…vious paragraph, the additional penalty of a one-year stadium ban as provided for in article L. 332-11 must be imposed, unless a specially reasoned decision is taken to the contrary.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-13

…e or regulatory requirements applicable to it, as well as the elements mentioned in article L. 1222-11 or the terms of any approval or authorisation decision provided for by this code, may result in t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

…contracts made necessary for the urgent, compulsory execution of the work mentioned in article L. 1311-4 of the Public Health Code and Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-245-1

…do not allow to be distributed. They are subject to the incompatibilities set out in article L. 822-11-3. The conversion into a société européenne is decided in accordance with the provisions set out…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-55

For the application of article 695-9-54, the provisions of Article 11 relating to the secrecy of the investigation and inquiry shall not prevent the communication by the competent judicial authority p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-25

…conditions of approval are the subject of the decree adopted for the application of article L. 232-11, the persons mentioned in the previous paragraph shall send the President of the Agency, on the o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Article L711-20

…ds of department, technicians, supervisors and similar; 3° The college of teachers. Article L. 2324-11 and the second paragraph of Article L. 2324-12 of the Labour Code do not apply to these committee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-34

The dangerousness examination provided for by articles 763-10 and R. 61-11 may replace the expert appraisal provided for by l'article 712-21. The decision to place under mobile electronic surveillance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-49

…non-payment is published by the Registrar in accordance with the conditions set out in articles L. 511-56 to L. 511-60 of the French Commercial Code and the regulatory provisions adopted for their app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-55-6

…se the profession in question.The diploma is awarded by the jury provided for in article D. 2223-55-11, having regard to the results of the theoretical examination provided for in article D. 2223-55-3…

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