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Showing 49614970 of 18481 articles for Art. CE 5-5-2010 n° 301419

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R*322-51

…representatives shall declare this before a notary.This declaration must be accompanied by1° A duly certified list of the names of the members, showing their surnames, forenames, positions and domicil…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4112-5-1

Appeals to the National Council do not have suspensive effect. Subject to the following provisions, the provisions of article R. 4112-5 are applicable before the national council. When submitted by th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-5-1

…same way as French citizens; -The audiovisual production contract and, as far as the director is concerned, the employment contract designate French law as the applicable law; c) If there is more than…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-5-1

…ablish: 1° That the earlier trade mark has been put to genuine use, in respect of the goods or services on which the opposition is based, during the five years preceding the filing date or priority da…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Land

Article L4424-26-5

The revenues of the office include in particular:1° The proceeds of the special equipment tax determined under the conditions provided for in Article 1607 bis of the General Tax Code;2° Contributions,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Mobility vouchers

Article R3261-13-5

…d by the Minister for Transport to companies that can prove they supply or market the goods or services mentioned in Articles L. 3261-3 and L. 3261-3-1. In particular, it is issued to companies that c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Nordic cross-country skiing and related activities.

Article A212-192-5

…the applicant's ability to supervise participants safely. It consists of two tests: 1° The performance test of the technical ability test provided for in Title VII of the amendedOrder of 26 April 2013…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3a: Investigation assistants

Article R15-17-5

…nvestigation assistants shall, at the express request and under the supervision of the judicial police officer or the judicial police agent, where the latter is competent, carry out the acts and proce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-5-4

…also states the use of the right of pre-emption for the preservation of the quality of water resources intended for human consumption provided for in Chapter VIII of Title I of Book II of the Town Pl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Working conditions and organisation of service obligations

Article R6153-1-5

The provisions of articles R. 6153-2, with the exception of the first paragraph of I, to R. 6153-2-5 relating to working hours are applicable to junior doctors. In application of article L. 4111-1-1,…

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