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Showing 44514460 of 34876 articles for Art. CA Douai 4-5-2023 n° 22/00072

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-5

…nce decision is required to exploit the unavailable book concerned within three years of this notification. It must provide this organisation, by any means, with proof of the actual exploitation of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 388-5

…gs, request, by written submissions, that any act they consider necessary to establish the truth be carried out.These submissions may be made before the start of the hearing, by registered letter with…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide information and training.

Article L4141-5

The employer shall enter in a prevention passport the certificates and diplomas obtained by the worker as part of the health and safety at work training provided on his own initiative. Training organi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Development of cross-border apprenticeships

Article L6235-5

I.- Book III of this Part, in its provisions applicable to apprenticeships, is applicable to cross-border apprenticeships. II.By way of derogation from I, the following provisions do not apply: 1° Whe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L947-5

…2 is worded as follows: "Art. L. 723-2 -I.-The representatives referred to in Article L. 723-1 applicable in French Polynesia must hold positions in the company either as chairman and chief executive…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Territorial mental health project

Article R3224-5

…iority of the territorial mental health project is to organise the conditions for the early identification of mental disorders, the development of a diagnosis and access to care and social or medico-s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Hospital duties for medical students.

Article R6153-58

As from their enrolment in the first year of the second cycle, the hospital medical students mentioned in article R. 6153-46 receive remuneration, the annual amount of which is set by order of the min…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Declarations

Article 407

…st, production and stock declarations provided for in the European regulations adopted for the application of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-5

…observation centre, or take one of the measures provided for in articles 375-3 et 375-4. In urgent cases, the public prosecutor of the place where the minor was found has the same power, but must ref…

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In force

Article Annexe 4-7

…e is as follows:Table 1 annexed to Article R. 444-3\n\t\t\t\tJUDICIAL AUCTIONEER\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tCategory\n\t\t\tSubcategory\n\t\t\tNature of the service\n\t\t\t1\n\t\t\t\tActes\n\t\t\tDeeds of val…

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