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Showing 53015310 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health threats

Article L3131-5

…rticular those prescribed in article L. 3131-1, as well as the financial compensation to which they may give rise, excluding those provided for by other legislative and regulatory provisions. The cond…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-5

When the judicial liquidation is pronounced during the observation period of safeguard or receivership proceedings, the liquidator proceeds with the liquidation operations at the same time as he compl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Communal sections with separate assets

Article L2544-5

…ent on the deliberations of the municipal council relating to the objects designated in article L. 2544-4, or to the alienation or pledging of real estate or securities belonging to the section, a loc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-5

…st of successful candidates in order of merit, within the limit of the maximum number of people who may be admitted to the knowledge verification tests. Ties are broken by the mark obtained in the fir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Emergency medical care authorisation

Article R6123-5

…t, a health establishment authorised to carry out the activity mentioned in 2° of article R. 6123-1 may be authorised, after consultation with the departmental committee for emergency medical aid, per…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-5

Creditors registered on a business may also, even under private deeds, have the sale of the business ordered, eight days after a summons to pay made to the debtor and the third party holder, if any, h…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 octodecies

Customs officers and officers placed under the authority of the Minister for Industry or the Minister for Defence and tasked with implementing the Paris Convention of 13 January 1993 on the Prohibitio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-5

…1322-4 and undertaken, either by virtue of a regular authorisation, or after a prior declaration, may, at the request of the owner of the spring, be prohibited by the representative of the State in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Privileges.

Article L327-5

…ormed in that country, the preferential right instituted in the first paragraph of article L. 327-2 may not have the effect of placing these creditors in a more favourable situation than that of credi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Hire purchase and hire with a promise to sell

Article L313-56

…tial payments and rents taken into account for payment of the price and, on the other hand, the residual value of the property, taking into account the impact of any review clauses that may be include…

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