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Showing 33413350 of 22448 articles for Art. CE 5-11-2014 n° 370845

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L956-5

For the application of Article L. 611-7, L. 626-6, L. 643-3 and L. 643-11,the institutions governed by Book IX of the Social Security Code are the local supplementary or supplementary retirement or pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-5

Analyses enabling identification by genetic fingerprint in the context of the legal proceedings referred to inarticle 16-11 of the Civil Code must be subject to quality control organised by the Nation…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-9-5

…expressed in the form of a theoretical mathematical provision for point-based schemes), as at 31 December of the previous year:1° Amount of unpaid death benefits under life insurance contracts other…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R3165-5

…7 and the decrees issued for their application, is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article R2145-5

…onomic, social, environmental and trade union training leave by the employer within eight days of receipt of the request.In the event of a dispute, the adjudication board of the industrial tribunal to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-55

…l. This report also contains information on the legal structure of the group, its system of governance and its organisational structure, including a presentation of all subsidiaries, material affiliat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-5

…without the authorisation required pursuant to Articles 88 and 99 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or without this having been renewed in the event of a change to the elements included in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public health policy coordination committees

Article D1442-5

…es D. 1432-2, D. 1432-7 and D. 1432-11 to Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the reference to article D. 1432-1 is replaced by the reference to article D. 1442-3 and the reference to artic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R452-5

…rovide inaccurate or incomplete information, is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences. The fine is incurred as many times as there are products concerned by the recall. Recidivism is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-5

…entory of the risks of all kinds to the safety of people and property that the fire and rescue services have to deal with and determines the objectives for the coverage of these risks by the latter. I…

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