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Showing 54715480 of 7235 articles for Art. n° 20-15164 · CCRCS opinion 2013-001

French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cafés, public houses and pubs

Article D312-6

…lassification decision if the assessment body mentioned in article D. 312-4 has issued a favourable opinion on classification. Classification is granted for a period of five years. If, before the end…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D311-8

…the category for which the assessing body provided for in Article D. 311-6 has issued a favourable opinion. Classification is granted for a period of five years. If, before the end of the five-year p…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D325-7

…in the category for which the assessing body mentioned in Article D. 325-5 has issued a favourable opinion. Classification is granted for a period of five years. If, before the end of the five-year p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-54

…225-129 to L. 225-129-6 and article L. 22-10-49. However, the statutory auditors must express their opinion on the terms and consequences of the issue in the prospectus distributed at the time of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 803

…rings, by decision of the court.The closing order may also be revoked, after obtaining the parties' opinion, in order to allow the Pre-Trial Judge, in accordance with Article 785, to decide to summon…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article 706-25-17

…the commission will send the Paris Sentence Enforcement Court and the person concerned a reasoned opinion on the appropriateness of imposing the measure referred to in Article 706-25-16 in the light…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-7

…ns of l'article 712-10. The judgements of the sentence enforcement court are handed down, after the opinion of the prison administration representative, following an adversarial debate held in chamber…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 10: General provisions

Article A212-166

…s place of residence. The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and the Voluntary Sector will issue an opinion on the application, which will then be forwarded to the Director of Sport for submission to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Organisation of public combat sports events

Article A331-33

…coaches, organisers and, in general, any person involved in organising the event; 3° A favourable opinion from the delegating federation responsible for issuing the technical and safety rules; 4° Co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L526-40

…Autorité des normes comptables (French Accounting Standards Authority), adopted after obtaining the opinion of the Comité consultatif de la législation et de la réglementation financières (Advisory Co…

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