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Showing 58315840 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Formation of the jury

Article 263

The committee meets when convened by its chairman at the seat of the assize court, during the month of September. Its secretariat is provided by the registrar of the court in which the Assize Court ha…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-7

…embers of the college and the person mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 241-1.The Agency's College may only deliberate when at least six of its members are present. The Chairman has the casting vote…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-59

…r her in a position of responsibility. This is recorded in the minutes of the meeting.The committee may be co-chaired by the regional representative.The number of staff representatives and, where appl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical sports advisors to sports federations

Article R131-20

In agreement with the president of the federation concerned, the staff carrying out the role of national technical director draw up national technical guidelines which are updated annually. They infor…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Higher State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport

Article D212-52

…lti-discipline or field-specific speciality. In the case of a multi-disciplinary specialisation, it may be awarded for an option. After receiving the opinion of the "sport and entertainment" professio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-58

…ice a year when convened by its Chairman. The agenda is set by the Chairman. The Board of Directors may only deliberate if at least half of its members are present. If the quorum is not reached, the B…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single section: Film ombudsman

Article R213-7

If conciliation fails, the mediator shall invite the party that referred the matter to him to state in writing, within a time limit set by the mediator, the subject of his request and the grounds on w…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Amicable distribution

Article R332-10

…he out-of-court sale contract or the auction judgement is attached. The order ruling on the request may not be appealed.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-130

…decide under the quorum and majority conditions provided for in Article L. 225-98. In this case, it may decide that fractional rights are neither negotiable nor transferable and that the corresponding…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-265

…s articles of association and for other decisions listed in the articles of association, the quorum may not be less than half of the cooperative's members. Moreover, these same decisions are taken by…

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