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Showing 631640 of 22356 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15 October 2002 · Cass. com. 26 November 2003

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification of concentrations and granting of authorisation

Article R331-26-1

The authorisation provided for in the second paragraph of article R. 331-26 is issued by order of the prefect of the département of the place of departure.For sporting events originating from abroad,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-26-6

…a State representative appointed by the Prefect from among those mentioned in 1° of article R. 6523-26-5 ; 2° Three representatives of the Department of Mayotte, including the President of the Departm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-2

…application for authorisation to carry out the biological diagnosis provided for in Article R. 2131-26-1 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine by the multidisciplinary…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-26-3

…aid down in the second and third paragraphs of II of Article 83 of the above-mentioned Decree of 20 November 2020.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-7

…y or indirectly, exclusively or jointly, by mutual insurance companies mentioned in articles L. 322-26-1 and L. 322-26-4 of this code and belonging to the same scope of combination as defined by artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-15

Where the requested person is in a known place on the territory of another Member State, the European arrest warrant may be sent directly to the executing judicial authority, by any means that leaves…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Management of psychiatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-8

…other. This agreement specifies the conditions for implementing the provisions of articles D. 6124-26-6 and D. 6124-26-7. This agreement also specifies the conditions under which the emergency struct…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Land

Article L4424-26-2

For the implementation of the tasks provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 4424-26-1, the Office is competent to carry out, on behalf of the territorial collectivity of Corsica or any publ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mutual certificates

Article L322-26-9

…for purchase, within two years of their repurchase, to the persons mentioned in I of Article L. 322-26-8, under the following terms and conditions: 1° The amount of mutualist certificates held by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Management of paediatric emergencies

Article D6124-26-4

…h another health establishment, or within the framework of the network mentioned in article R. 6123-26, permanent access to all the human and technical resources necessary for the management of emerge…

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