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Showing 22712280 of 39157 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 14 May 2013 – no. 12-17637

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-12

…protected areas, the representative of the State in the département where the aerodrome is located may authorise the transfer, to civil aerodromes where there is no on-premises public house, of an ex…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeals

Article R733-12

…merits.The administrative authority, the foreign national's lawyer and the foreign national himself may ask to be heard at the hearing. The administrative authority, the foreign national's lawyer and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-120

Each partner has an equal number of votes regardless of the number of shares he owns. A partner may give a written mandate to another partner to represent him at the meeting. However, a member may not…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic exclusions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article L3123-12

…ragraph of this Article, with the exception of those mentioned in Articles L. 3123-2 and L. 3123-3, may provide evidence that he/she has taken measures to demonstrate his/her reliability, in particula…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article LO3445-12

Requests for the authorisation referred to in this chapter may not be subject to the local referendum or consultation of electors provided for in Chapter II of the single title of Book I of Part One.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article LO4435-12

The requests for authorisation referred to in this chapter may not be subject to the local referendum or consultation of electors provided for in chapter II of the single title of book I of part one.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company.

Article R743-121

…the profession of commercial court clerk, but who do not hold an office of commercial court clerk, may form a partnership between themselves and, subject to the provisions of II, with the persons men…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123

Any veterinary medicinal product other than those mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 5142-7 which does not have one of the marketing authorisations mentioned in article L. 5141-5, or the registratio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-3

…the owner of the premises housing the cinema.When the owner does not operate the cinema himself, he may delegate to the operator the right to invest the sums held in the account. In this case, the sum…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-7

…ion account is only authorised in the event of definitive cessation of activity.However, exemptions may be granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée after consulta…

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