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Showing 50915100 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article D4233-5

…the date of receipt to be determined. III. - Within three days of the date of receipt of the notification, the decision of the president of the organising council may be appealed to the competent dis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Amendment and termination.

Article D3313-5

…t of termination as provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 3345-2. However, where modification or termination in the same form as its conclusion is made impossible by the disappearance of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Offences relating to currency.

Article R162-5

…the public, banknotes which he has sufficient reason to believe to be counterfeit; An employee who can prove that he has carried out the checks and complied with the procedures for withdrawing notes…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Powers of the Lyon Metropolitan Area

Article L3641-5

The State may delegate, by agreement, some of its powers to Metropolitan Lyon, under the conditions set out in Article L. 301-5-1 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation (Construction and Ho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-5

The cancer centres enter into agreements with the universities and university hospital centres mentioned in article L. 6142-5 with a view to defining a common organisation for cancer teaching and rese…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-5

…cle L. 6123-5, is a national public administrative body under the supervision of the Minister for Vocational Training.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-5

Within the framework of their own role, nurses carry out the following acts or provide the following care aimed at identifying risks and ensuring the comfort and safety of the person and his/her envir…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to digital signatures

Article A53-5

Is an advanced electronic seal with qualified certificate within the meaning of Article D. 589-5 an electronic seal in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of health monitoring and health safety in the regions

Article R1413-59

…13-2, the collection and transmission to the Agency, and the shared processing :1° Data relating to cases of disease reported under the conditions set out in articles R. 3113-2 and R. 3113-3 ;2° Repor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…s in the event of failure to comply with the following obligations: 1° The obligation, for the applicant for a marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product intended for a limited market,…

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