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Showing 30513060 of 38470 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 20 May 2014 – no. 13-16.398

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Approved federations

Article L131-13-1

…nstitution and in New Caledonia, the statutes mentioned in I ofarticle L. 131-8 of the present code may permit the affiliation of any league or sports committee to the regional federation of the same…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55-13

…t governing this commitment a clause stipulating that the creditor acknowledges that the commitment may be converted or its value reduced and agrees to be bound by any measure to reduce the principal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group Medical Commission

Article D6132-13-3

…regional psychiatric communities, appointed by them.III - The grouping's unified medical commission may appoint, in consultation with the president of the strategic committee, a maximum of five guests…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency

Article R5211-13-5

…ions made in administrative form by public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation, a deposit may be paid to the seller, upon expiry of the periods open for taking registrations with retroactive…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-13

…his period, or if the magistrate does not order the rectification or deletion, the interested party may refer the matter to the liberty and custody judge for the same purpose within ten days by regist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Unified group nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article D6132-13-11

…s own rules of procedure and an executive committee. It is convened by its Chairman. Such a meeting may be called at the request of the chairman of the strategic committee, at least half of the member…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-13-1

…te. In order to enable the exchange of information on matters falling within its remit, the commune may, under the conditions defined by its deliberative assembly, make available to its elected member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-3

…ter. The committee examines all the training and professional experience of the applicants, whom it may also invite to a hearing.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 B bis

…nts for inter-municipal cooperation up to a limit of 50% when they appear on a list drawn up by the mayor on the recommendation of the municipal direct tax commission and are subject to a five-year ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-24-13

…eal or his delegate shall set the time limits within which the minister responsible for the economy may submit written observations. It sets the time limits within which the Minister for the Economy m…

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