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Showing 43214330 of 45438 articles for Art. 1301 · Cass. 1re civ. 5 April 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 12 May 2010 · Cass. 1re civ. 12 July 2001

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures.

Article R5141-47-5

…n, de l'environnement et du travail or by another State : 1° In the case provided for in Article R. 5141-47-2, the Director General of the Agency notifies the States concerned and the holder of the ag…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-55

…Council;e) The President of the National Association of Elected Representatives from Mountain Areas;5° Two qualified individuals appointed by the Minister for Sport;6° Nine members elected in accordan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Central bodies

Article R6147-5-2

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first two paragraphs of Article R. 6146-12, the members of the Nursing, Rehabilitation and Medico-Technical Care Commission of the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-5

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the age of admission set out in articles L. 4153-1 to L. 4153-5 and the decrees implementing them is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offenc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-5-1

…provision, the obligation to provide information on the transfer values mentioned in Article L. 132-5-3 may be validly fulfilled in b of 3° of the model prospectus attached to Article A. 132-4 as foll…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-5

…their statutory task of certifying the accounts of health establishments mentioned in article L. 6145-16 and under the conditions set out in article R. 6113-5-1 ;4° External service providers who cont…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: The creditor and the writ of execution

Article L111-5

…nt; 2° Cost tax orders. An order to pay costs, affixed to the judgment in accordance with article 105 of the local code of civil procedure, may be enforced by virtue of the enforceable copy of this ju…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Transit

Article 695-51

The provisions of the Articles 695-47 to 695-50 shall apply to requests for transit submitted by a Member State of the European Union or by a State linked to the European Union by an agreement mention…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employment obligation.

Article L5212-5-1

The association referred to in Article L. 5214-1 will give an explicit decision on any request from an employer for information on the application to his situation of the legislation relating to: 1° T…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Explosion prevention

Article R4227-53

…f prevention measures which is his responsibility in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 4511-5 to R. 4511-8.

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