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Showing 47814790 of 60748 articles for Art. CE 11-5-2021 n° 440044 and 440045

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-50

…d by an insurmountable obstacle such as the legal prescription of any State or any other case of force majeure, these time limits shall be extended. The bearer is required to give notice of the case o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-5

The conciliation procedure is applicable, under the same conditions, to legal persons under private law and to natural persons exercising an independent professional activity, including a liberal prof…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Guarantee of the representation of funds, professional civil liability and remuneration.

Article L814-5

…in the first paragraph of II of article L. 812-2 or by III of this same article, must provide evidence, when accepting their assignment, of a guarantee allocated to the reimbursement of funds, effects…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE REGION IN RELATION TO PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Article L4251-5

…region;2° The departmental councils of the departments in the region, on aspects relating to roads and digital infrastructure;3° The metropolitan areas referred to in Title I of Book II of Part Five;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-5

For the application of articles L. 4624-3 and L. 4624-4, the occupational health physician receives the employee, in order to discuss the opinion and the indications or proposals that he may address t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Training contract between a natural person and a training organisation.

Article L6353-5

…ys of signing the contract, the trainee may withdraw by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article R1338-5

In order to prevent the appearance or to combat the proliferation of the species appearing on the list provided for in article L. 1338-1 and which are likely to harm human health, any owner, tenant, o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Requirements relating to the design and installation of electrical installations

Article R4215-5

All measures are taken to eliminate the risks associated with the normal rise in temperature of electrical equipment, in particular the risk of burns for workers or the risk of damage to neighbouring…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of health monitoring and health safety in the regions

Article R1413-59

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency shall organise, in conjunction with the persons and structures referred to in Article R. 1413-62 and the regional response units referred to in Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations between doctors and with members of other health professions.

Article R4127-57

Misappropriation or attempted misappropriation of customers is prohibited.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
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