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Showing 311320 of 36126 articles for Art. Cass. com. 27 mai 1997 n° 95-15690

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Other policies

Article L2213-27

The mayor may require owners, usufructuaries, farmers or any other owners or operators to enclose wells and excavations presenting a danger to public safety with an adequate fence.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Receipts, warrants and storage receipts

Article L522-27

Any transferee of the receipt or warrant may demand the transcription in the counterfoil registers from which they are extracted of the endorsement made for his benefit, with an indication of his domi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-27

The plan execution commissioner shall also indicate on the slip provided for in Article R. 521-6 whether the asset may be moved and the duration of the inalienability measure.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-27

Any person apprehended in execution of a European arrest warrant must be brought before the territorially competent public prosecutor within forty-eight hours. During this period, the provisions of Ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Merger

Article L5212-27

I. - Syndicats de communes and syndicats mixtes may be authorised to merge under the conditions set out in this article.The draft perimeter of the proposed new syndicate may be set by order of the Sta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-27

The representatives of the territorial or regional chambers of commerce and industry other than the chairmen, who are ex officio members, are elected for five years. However, if their chamber is put u…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Accelerated procedure

Article L531-27

…rent identities ;3° Without a legitimate reason, an applicant who has entered France illegally or remained there illegally has not submitted their application for asylum within ninety days of entering…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Advertising

Article R5125-27

Health education brochures may be given to the public free of charge in the pharmacy, provided that they do not contain any advertising for the pharmacy, apart from the name and address of the pharmac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-27

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Emergency care network

Article R6123-27

The network covers a sub-regional, regional or inter-regional area. In accordance with article L. 6134-1, it may also organise international cooperation actions with border territories.

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