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Showing 42114220 of 60229 articles for Art. 35 I-5° bis · CAA Paris 3 October 2019

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors

Article R114-5

Elections to the Board of Directors of the members referred to in 4° of article R. 114-4 shall be by single-ballot uninominal ballot. Each candidate is accompanied by a substitute. In the event of a t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Time limits for acceptance

Article R2151-5

Tenders received after the deadline will be eliminated.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration of sworn freight brokers on the list of the Court of Appeal

Article R131-5

The procedure set out in articles R. 131-1 to R. 131-4 is applicable in the event of the modification or addition of a professional speciality as well as in the event of an application for inclusion o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Skin-invasive tattooing and body piercing.

Article R1311-5

…re activities involving infectious risks. Its disposal is subject to the provisions of articles R. 1335-1 to R. 1335-8, R. 1335-13 and R. 1335-14.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-5

…paragraph of this article is kept by the centre mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 2141-3.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation for the preparation and supply of certain allergens.

Article R4211-5

The authorisation holder shall inform the Director General of the Agency of the date of commencement of the allergen preparation and supply activity. He shall also inform him of the definitive cessati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: General provisions.

Article L1142-5

…ion representative ; 2° In companies not subject to the obligation to negotiate under articles L. 2232-21 and L. 2232-24; 3° In companies not covered by an agreement or an extended branch agreement re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Harvesting haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a donor of full age who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person

Article R1241-5

…n relating to the person, the information given to the protected adult mentioned in article R. 1241-3 is also given to the person in charge of the protection measure or to the ad hoc administrator app…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-5

Where, in the case provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 631-3, the court is seised at the request of the public prosecutor, Article R. 631-4 is applicable to the heirs of the debtor whos…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article R5522-50

…nce; 2° Fulfil its tax and social security obligations, where applicable as part of a payment plan; 3° Increase its number of employees in relation to the reference workforce.

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