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Showing 29212930 of 26251 articles for Art. 427 al. 5–6

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L774-5

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L775-5

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-6

I.-The representatives of a territorial authority or a group of territorial authorities appointed to participate in the decision-making bodies of another legal entity governed by public law or a legal…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-5

The contract may provide either for remuneration proportional to the operating revenue or, in the cases provided for in articles L. 131-4 and L. 132-6, a flat fee.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-50

Any veterinary pharmaceutical establishment of a company mentioned in Article R. 5142-1 engaged in wholesale, free transfer or wholesale distribution shall keep, for each incoming and outgoing transac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: University Hospital High Committee

Article D6142-52

In addition to its chairman, the committee comprises sixteen members: 1° Three directors of medical training and research units appointed by the Conference of Directors of Medical Training and Researc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical transport sub-committee.

Article R6313-5

The medical transport sub-committee, co-chaired by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency or his representative and the Prefect or his representative, is made up of the following members o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article L310-5

…broadcasting the decision handed down, under the conditions laid down in Article 131-35 du code pénal.For the offence referred to in 2° of this article, the public prosecution may be extinguished, in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: DEVELOPMENT OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Article R431-5

Any person, trade union or association meeting the conditions of duration and interest set out in Article L. 431-6 may intervene in the proceedings.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-6

The amount of the additional cost incurred by the interruption, postponement or abandonment referred to in article 913-5, borne by the delegated production company, is determined by the expert appoint…

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