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Showing 54815490 of 7235 articles for Art. n° 20-15164 · CCRCS opinion 2013-001

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Approval of AIFM established in a third country

Article L532-37

…nd that the AIFM complies with these provisions. This demonstration shall be accompanied by a legal opinion on the incompatible provision of the law of the third country, including a description of it…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-6

…under the conditions set out in II and III of article L. 3132-25-3 and in article L. 3132-25-4. The opinions required in application of the first paragraph of this article are deemed to have been give…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1544-5

…edonia and French Polynesia, the first sentence of the second paragraph shall read as follows: "The opinion of the Commission shall be issued within six months of the referral.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-4

…the director of the institution is obliged to modify it on the basis of the medical certificate or opinion referred to in article L. 3211-11.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-5-1

…is located. The State representative in the département sets the deadlines within which the expert opinion referred to in the first paragraph must be produced, up to a maximum limit set by decree in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3821-11

…ows:"The senior administrator may take measures to regulate open-air businesses after obtaining the opinion of the director general of the health agency. "4° The sixth and seventh paragraphs of Articl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2

…isory Commission on Natural Disasters provided for in I of article L. 125-1-1 is to issue an annual opinion on: 1° The relevance of the criteria used to determine recognition of the state of natural d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: General provisions.

Article L410-6

…of five years from 1 July 2017, in the Department of Mayotte and French Guiana, following a public opinion from the territorially competent observatory of prices, margins and incomes, the State repre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-17

…cle L. 642-15. The court shall rule before the expiry of the lease contract and after obtaining the opinion of the public prosecutor and hearing or duly summoning the liquidator, the administrator whe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-6

…l. However, the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, may proceed with groupings, following the opinion of the national company and after consultation, by the latter, of the regional companies con…

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