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Showing 14811490 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-53

When the judge applies Article L. 742-20, without prejudice to notification of the judgment to the parties, notice of it is sent for publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commer…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-55

The closing judgment is subject to appeal.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article R742-54

The court clerk's office carries out publicity measures to enable creditors who were not summoned to the opening hearing to lodge third-party objections against the judgment.Claim holders have a perio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 8: Automated processing of personal data called "Application de gestion du dispositif national d'accueil des demandeurs d'asile" (Application for managing the national reception system for asylum seekers)

Article R142-54

All or part of the personal data and information recorded in the automated processing mentioned in Article D. 553-20 to D. 553-23, agents of the Agence de services et de paiement, individually designa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Aid for specific purposes

Article L3232-5

…ement, equipment and monitoring actions in order, on the one hand, to prevent fires and, where applicable, to facilitate fire-fighting operations and, on the other hand, to restore forests. Where appl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: State-guaranteed transactions.

Article A431-5

The caisse centrale de réassurance determines the rates intended to enable it to meet the costs of the operations it carries out under article L. 431-10.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article R1112-59

The discharge note issued to the patient must not contain any diagnosis or medical information relating to the illness that led to hospitalisation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article R1112-57

Subject to the provisions of article L. 1111-5 or any decisions by the judicial authority, minors may only be entrusted to persons exercising parental authority or to third parties expressly authorise…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article R1112-56

Hospitalised patients may, in view of the length of their stay and their state of health, be granted exceptional leave of absence for a maximum period of forty-eight hours. Such leave is granted by th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Discharge from hospital.

Article R1112-58

…signs the discharge form on the patient's individual form. If necessary, and on the basis of a medical proposal, arrangements are made for the immediate transfer of the inpatient to an establishment…

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