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Showing 36213630 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-95

…the Board or the agent of the Agency appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 232-11 may attend the hearing and present observations. Where appropriate, the member of the Board may be a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health threats

Article L3131-11

…the event of an exceptional health situation;d) The conditions under which healthcare professionals may be called upon to carry out their activities in application of article L. 3131-10-1;e) The conte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-3

…erious risk of harm to the patient, the director of an establishment mentioned in article L. 3222-1 may, exceptionally, at the request of a third party, admit a patient to psychiatric care on the basi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-12

The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may, following the opinion of a committee, made up in particular of health professionals, individually…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-10

…fore maturity; 4° Where applicable, the period during which the commitments covered by this chapter may not be surrendered; 5° The procedures for unwinding the investment at maturity referred to in ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Demergers

Article L236-22

…here the division is to be carried out by contributions to new companies, each of the new companies may be formed without any contribution other than that of the divided company. In this case, and if…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1137

…ed by article 751. In a duly justified case of urgency, the family court, on receipt of a petition, may allow a summons to be issued for a hearing date to be set at short notice. In both these cases,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article R1237-6-1

When the draft collective agreement on the Collective Agreement on Termination of Employment includes establishments falling under the jurisdiction of several Regional Directors of Enterprise, Competi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Polling station

Article R2122-57

The polling station is chaired by a serving or honorary judge of the judiciary, appointed by the president of the social division of the Cour de cassation. It also comprises: 1° Two assessors who are…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for approval of practitioners

Article R1131-11

…rocedure. He will be invited to present his oral or written observations prior to this decision and may be assisted by a defender of his choice. In an emergency, the approval may be suspended for a ma…

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