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Showing 46214630 of 41434 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 May 2003

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General rules for extension and enlargement

Article D2261-4-6

The members of the expert group may not take part in the drafting of the report if they have a personal interest in the matter that is the subject of the report.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-6

I.-The Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers or his appointed representative may require any person to take measures to reduce the size of his position or exposure in a financial instrument,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 10: Employment of qualified persons

Article 67 quinquies A

Customs officers may call upon any qualified person to carry out technical expert appraisals necessary for the performance of their duties and may submit to them objects, samples and documents useful…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the transfer of activities

Article L613-52-6

…frastructures. However, the absence of a rating or an insufficient rating by a credit rating agency may not be invoked against the acquirer.If it does not meet the criteria mentioned in the previous p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Non-voting preference shares.

Article L228-35-6

…onditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Any shareholder holding non-voting preference shares may attend the special meeting. Any clause to the contrary is deemed unwritten. The special meeting…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Resolution of groups for which the collège de résolution is the consolidated resolution authority

Article L613-60-1

…in France meets the conditions for triggering a resolution procedure mentioned in II of Article L. 613-49 or, where applicable, in I and II of Article L. 613-49-1, it shall immediately notify the inf…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-5-1

The Eurojust Agency, acting as a College, may address to the Public Prosecutor or the investigating judge a written and reasoned opinion on how to resolve a conflict of jurisdiction or on recurrent di…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-69-1

…essional integration granted under an initiative-employment contract, concluded for a fixed period, may be extended for a total period of twenty-four months, or five years for employees aged fifty and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article R212-6-2

The prefect may be represented by a civil servant from the prefectoral corps assigned to the department to chair the commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4112-6-2

…authority's assessment of the applicant's command of the French language results in a decision that may be appealed to the administrative court with territorial jurisdiction.

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