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Showing 89418950 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-9

…itute grounds for exercising any right of early termination, suspension, amendment, set-off, reciprocal set-off or enforcement of security interests attached to such contracts. The provisions of the f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-10

…long as the entries concerned relate to legal proceedings that are still in progress, except in the case of an entry based on the same 5°, as long as the person has not been rehabilitated or the measu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Search for an assignment.

Article R6152-50-6

…lating to the hospital civil service. This appointment must correspond to the person's personalised career development plan and take into account his/her family situation and place of habitual residen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-5-7

If a person of full age is taken into police custody, the officer or agent of the judicial police shall ask whether he or she is the subject of a legal protection measure, in order to implement the pr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-5

…d to do so by the Secretary General of the Agency, use an assumed identity on any electronic communication medium or any online public communication service.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-5-1

For the application of Article A. 132-4-1 to people's pension savings plans with a diversification provision, the obligation to provide information on the transfer values mentioned in Article L. 132-5…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D333-5-3

Within one month of receiving a complete application for classification, the body referred to in Article L. 141-2 will take the classification decision in the category for which the assessing body ref…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-10-5-4

The request for exemption is made either on the employer's initiative or on the employee's initiative in agreement with the employer. When the request for derogation is made at the employer's initiati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-10-5-3

…2-5, from the minimum weekly working time for the holder of a fixed-term contract concluded in application of article L. 1242-3 is authorised by the Prefect, after examination by the structure for int…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-4

The importing pharmaceutical establishment shall ensure that the investigational medicinal products it imports have been subjected to standards of good manufacturing practice at least equivalent to th…

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