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Showing 74117420 of 49667 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 15-DCC-47 du 5 May 2015

French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis-5

…provided for in the last paragraph ofArticle 414, the third paragraph ofArticle 414-2 andArticle 415 so require, customs officers specially trained and authorised by the Minister responsible for cust…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Sociétés en commandite par actions.

Article L226-5-1

In companies meeting the criteria set out in I of Article L. 225-79-2, employees are represented on the supervisory board under the conditions set out in Articles L. 225-79-2 and L. 225-80. The amendm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-56

…y whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the options mentioned in article L. 225-177 may not be granted: 1° During the ten trading sessions preceding the date on which the annual…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-5

…nt action on the basis of an earlier trade mark fails to provide the evidence required, as the case may be, by Article L. 716-2-3 or by Article L. 716-2-4.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-5-1

The representative of the State in the département may at any time order the psychiatric assessment of persons subject to a psychiatric care measure ordered in application of this chapter or chapter I…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Governance system

Article R354-2-5

…nce undertakings that use a partial or full internal model approved in accordance with Articles L. 352-1 and R. 352-14 covers the tasks of designing, implementing, testing and validating the internal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-5-3

The producer communicates, free of charge, to the consumer the essential characteristics of each update mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 111-6. These features relate to: 1° The purpose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Consultative Ethics Committee for Health and Life Sciences

Article R1412-1-5

…s before the expiry of the terms of office of the members of the Committee. Each of the authorities due to take part in the renewal and concerned by the draw may appoint a representative to attend. Au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Parent-managed establishments and services

Article R2324-50-1

…R. 2324-42 and having professional experience with young children. Exceptionally, this professional may be replaced by a parent who is regularly involved in the care of the children, provided that thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Group Medical Commission

Article D6132-13-5

…al, odontological and pharmaceutical staff in all the member institutions, the internal regulations may stipulate that the chairman and vice-chairman are elected from among all the practitioners who a…

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