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Showing 13011310 of 2201 articles for Art. 27 nov. 2002

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure before the Commission for the Protection of Access to Works

Article R261-18

…equivalent to those resulting from the application of the agreement provided for in article L. 132-27 of the Intellectual Property Code. A copy of this report is sent without delay to the transferrin…

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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 L531-31

…eferred to in Article L. 531-26, that of the administrative authority referred to in Article L. 531-27, or the refusal of the Office to apply Article L. 531-28 may not be the subject, before the admin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement and progress of the receivership.

Article L631-20

Notwithstanding the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 626-27, if the debtor's payments cease during the implementation of the plan, the court that approved the plan decides, after receiv…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L2411-1

…territory. II. - No section de commune may be formed as from the promulgation of loi n° 2013-428 du 27 mai 2013 modernisant le régime des sections de commune.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable by court order.

Article R237-15

…of article L. 237-24, in the second paragraph of article L. 237-25, as well as II of article L. 237-27. The president of the commercial court, ruling in summary proceedings, is competent to take the d…

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

Article R626-49

For the application of III of Article L. 626-27, the administrator responsible for the execution of the plan shall send the court registrar the list of claims admitted to the plan, deducting, for each…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-23

…d the acting pharmacist or veterinary surgeon delegate mentioned in articles R. 5142-26 and R. 5142-27 must go through the same formalities when they are appointed.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-3

As stated in Article 226-27 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The act of identifying a person by genetic fingerprinting for medical or scientific research purposes or of taking biological trace…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.

Article L624-3

…nd who has not replied to the judicial representative within the period mentioned in Article L. 622-27 may not appeal against the decision of the juge-commissaire where the latter confirms the proposa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Loans taken out and guarantees granted by the network's establishments.

Article R712-28

…or works of common interest. To this end, they may, under the conditions set out in article R. 712-27, contract collective loans, the cost of which is shared between the participating establishments.…

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