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Showing 41814190 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS

Article L3441-5

…reements relating both to areas of State competence and to areas of departmental competence are, in cases where the first paragraph of articles L. 3441-3 and L. 3441-4-1 is not applied, negotiated and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose of policies to promote the employment of people with disabilities.

Article L5211-5

…the regional programme defined in article L. 5211-3, includes: 1° A regional diagnosis including local diagnoses drawn up with the collaboration of the referents for professional integration of the m…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I

Article A38-5

In application of the 11° of Article 4 of Decree no. 2009-707 of 16 June 2009 as amended relating to the decentralised departments of the Directorate General of Public Finances and notwithstanding the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article R561-58

…person within the subject person. This declaration shall name the reporting entity and, where applicable, its legal representative, and indicate that the reporting entity belongs to one of the catego…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional organisation

Article R821-52

The regional council is composed of:1° Ten members if the regional company has fewer than three hundred natural person members;2° Twelve members if the regional company has between three hundred and f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-5

The application is complete on the day that the Director General of the Regional Health Agency receives all the documents provided for in Article R. 6322-4. However, the application is deemed to be co…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 480

…tion, a plea in bar or any other incident, shall, as soon as it is given, have the force of res judicata in relation to the dispute which it determines.The principal issue shall mean the subject-matte…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L356-5

…group level does not have its registered office in France, no group supervision may in addition be carried out at the level of the ultimate parent undertaking in France pursuant to Article L. 356-4.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health checks at borders

Article R3115-5

…he fourth paragraph of article L. 3115-1 may be authorised within the limits of their competence to carry out the tasks mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article R. 3115-4 by order of the Prefect. The man…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56

…ith the following obligations: 1° The approved body, its director and the personnel responsible for carrying out the assessment and verification operations may not be the designer, manufacturer, suppl…

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