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Showing 22212230 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Appeal procedures

Article R2333-120-65

An appeal for review may be lodged with the commission in the event that its decision is based on false documents.The appeal must be lodged within one month of the day on which the party became aware…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Appeal procedures

Article R2333-120-64

The Commission's decisions may be appealed to the Conseil d'Etat under the conditions laid down in Title II of Book VIII of the Code of Administrative Justice.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Appeal procedures

Article R2333-120-66

Where a decision of the Commission is vitiated by a material error likely to have had an influence on the judgment of the case, the interested party may appeal to the Commission for rectification.This…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-8

The provisions of articles L. 413-1, L. 413-3, L. 441-1, L. 451-1, L. 451-2, L. 451-5 and L. 454-1 to L. 454-4 of the French Consumer Code concerning the falsification of medicinal substances and the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-6 art R131-3 et R132-7

…APPROVED SPORTS FEDERATIONS Article 1These regulations are drawn up in application of articles L. 131-8 and R. 131-3 and in accordance with article ..... (1) of the federation's articles of associati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application requirements

Article L1441-8

…2° of article L. 1441-7 are assessed on the date of appointment.The candidacy conditions defined in 3° and 4° of article L. 1441-7 and those relating to the industrial tribunal, the college and the ca…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-8

Members of the administrative, management and supervisory bodies, managers, employees and agents of market undertakings are bound by professional secrecy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Annual negotiations

Article L2241-8

The organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professional agreements meet at least once a year to negotiate on wages. These negotiations shall take into account the objective of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings.

Article D421-8

…or voting rights of the market undertaking; 2° Or which control, within the meaning of Article L. 233-3 of the Commercial Code, one or more companies which together own more than one tenth, one fifth…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registered persons

Article A123-85

Employers and self-employed workers in non-agricultural professions subject to payment of social security and family allowance contributions under the conditions laid down by the Social Security Code…

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