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Showing 131140 of 18997 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 27 Sept. 2005 – no. 03-18.579

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services

Article R774-27

Article R. 544-1 is applicable in French Polynesia as amended by Decree no. 2019-1235 of 27 November 2019.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Applications from trade unions and associations

Article R7343-27

Decisions relating to the validation of one or more candidacies may be contested, on pain of inadmissibility, by application to the judicial court within seven days of the publication referred to in a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L232-27

…nce and that belongs to the convicted person; 4° A ban, under the conditions set out in article 131-27 of the Criminal Code, from exercising the professional or social activity in the course of or in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R917-27

In article R. 713-27-1: a) The third paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: "The minutes are sent to the Prefect of the territorial collectivity, who sends a copy to the Minister responsib…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-27

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3121-44, the working time of the company or establishment may be organised in the form of work periods, each of a duration at most equal to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Terms of office for members of the urban community council

Article L5842-27

…ords: "articles L. 3123-9-2 and L. 4135-9-2" are replaced by the words: "article 126 of Organic Law no. 2004-192 of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia".

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27

…21-5 and, where applicable, L. 221-8 and L. 221-11 ; 2° The information mentioned in article L. 224-27-1. This information shall be communicated in a clear and comprehensible manner on a durable mediu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article D314-27

…agreement and the time when it becomes perfected, in particular under Articles L. 312-18 to L. 312-27 ; L. 312-50 to L. 312-54 and L. 312-62 ; b) During the performance of the credit agreement, in pa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Eggs and poultrymeat

Article R412-27

…EC) No 617/2008 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 27 June 2008 as regards marketing standards for eggs for hatching and farmyard poultry chicks; The p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Announcement of results and election disputes.

Article R713-27

The candidates with the highest number of votes in the election for the regional chamber of commerce and industry are elected to the regional chamber of commerce and industry and to the territorial ch…

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