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Showing 251260 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-28

…fidelity guarantee not payable by the insured at the time of the transfer or any gratuitous benefit may be stipulated.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-28

…ion period. A copy of this decision is simultaneously sent to the Minister of Defence. The decision may contain special provisions authorising, under certain conditions, the filing abroad of applicati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Economic and social measures

Article L2542-28

…created in application of the local law of 6 June 1895 on municipal organisation in Alsace-Lorraine may derogate from the provisions of article L. 1522-1 concerning the majority shareholding of local…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R3115-28

The officials mentioned in Article L. 3115-1 may prescribe, within their area of competence, any measures aimed at eliminating the sources of infection or contamination that they observe. The correcti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-28

I.-The rules set out in articles R. 356-26 and R. 356-27 cease to apply to the subsidiaries referred to in I of article R. 356-24 in the following cases: a) The condition referred to in a of I of arti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the sale by auction of an immovable property

Article R742-28

…le and the visiting arrangements. At the request of the liquidator or one of the parties, the judge may adjust, restrict or complete the measures for publicising the sale under the conditions set out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R4127-283

…Association in application of this Code of Deontology. Decisions taken by the departmental councils may be reformed or annulled by the national council either ex officio or at the request of the inter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial allocations paid by France Compétences

Article R6123-28

…and subject to the minimum amounts of allocations provided for in I of article R. 6123-25, payments may be lower than the amounts set by the decision provided for in the second paragraph of II of this…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

…t of a commission whose composition and operation are determined by decree in the Council of State, may be authorised to carry out judicial investigations at the request of the public prosecutor or on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article L2315-28

…wer than three hundred employees, the committee meets at least once every two months. The committee may hold a second meeting at the request of the majority of its members.

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