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Showing 41714180 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4314-5

The unauthorised use of the title of nurse or of a diploma, certificate or other title legally required for the practice of this profession is punishable as the offence of usurpation of title provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L4344-5

…nauthorised use of the title of speech and language therapist or orthoptist or of a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications legally required for the practice of these professio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Surrender of foreign nationals holding long-term resident status - EU granted by another Member State of the European Union

Article R621-5

The administrative authority designated in article R. 621-1 may, in application of the provisions of article L. 621-4, take a surrender decision against a foreign national holding long-term resident s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: REAL ESTATE SUBJECT TO AN EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF USE

Article L2421-5

…in the last paragraph of article L. 2421-4, unless, on that date, the holder had had constructions carried out at his own expense, or was exploiting the parcel on which the extinguished right related…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conseil départemental de l'environnement et des risques sanitaires et technologiques.

Article R1416-5

Prior to the adoption of an order for the treatment of insalubrity in application ofarticle L. 511-11 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation, the competent authority may refer the matter to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article R61-5

…forcement judge may decide that the obligations resulting from the treatment order will not be applicable if their implementation proves incompatible with the accommodation measure from which the pers…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment of training costs under the personal training account

Article D6323-5

I.-The educational costs and the costs associated with the validation of skills and knowledge relating to one of the actions mentioned in article L. 6323-6 taken by the employee, whether during workin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-5

Unless otherwise provided, the terms and conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular :1° The missions, the role of the other p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Openings, mutations and transfers.

Article L3332-5

Articles L. 3332-3 to L. 3332-4-1 are not applicable in the départements of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Moselle. In these departments, article 33 of the local professional code of 26 July 1900 remains in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Specific provisions relating to assignment subledgers

Article R342-5

…kept by a single custodian. This custodian shall open, in the name of the insurance undertaking, a cash account and a securities account specific to each sub-account, as well as any account necessary…

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