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Showing 141150 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-28

The Board of Directors meets at the initiative of its Chairman at least once every six months. In an emergency, the Board of Directors meets when convened by its Chairman, at the latter's initiative o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-28

Cinema operators may submit an application for a first classification in year n+1 in the following cases:1° Opening of the cinema between 1st January and 31st December of year n-1;2° Refusal to classi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-28

The arrondissement may delegate under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2122-18 et l'article L. 2122-20.In the cases provided for in Article L. 2122-17, the borough mayo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to all applications

Article R464-28

The decisions of the Paris Court of Appeal or its first president are notified by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt by the court registry to the parties to the proceedings, and, where…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-28

Authorisations are issued to the establishment and, where applicable, jointly to the associated establishment in accordance with article R. 1261-11, for a period of five years. Applications for renewa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-28

…uelle et Numérique pursuant to Articles L. 137-4, L. 219-4 and L. 331-29 to L. 331-31, the Chairman may, on his own initiative or at the request of the parties, combine the investigation of several ca…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-28

…the training organisation. In this case, the regional director of youth, sport and social cohesion may ask the training body to organise the certification test(s) again for the candidate(s) concerned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and purpose of sector collective agreements

Article L7343-28

Agreements, hereinafter referred to as "sector collective agreements", may be concluded at the level of the sectors of activity mentioned in article L. 7343-1. In particular, they may cover all workin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies.

Article LO6321-28

The territorial council may set up consultative committees on any issue of territorial interest concerning all or part of the territory of the local authority. These committees shall include persons w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Obligations of the insurer

Article L175-28

The insurer may stipulate that no acknowledgement of liability or settlement made outside the insurer may be set up against it. The admission of the materiality of a fact cannot be equated with an adm…

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