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Showing 10011010 of 26790 articles for Art. CE 5-6-2020 n° 423066

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary system

Article R422-58-2

…and gives a reasoned decision within two months of the referral. It decides whether to initiate proceedings with a view to disciplinary action against the industrial property attorney or to close the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Agency headquarters

Article R1432-53-2

The head office of the Regional Health Agency is located in the capital of the region. It may be located elsewhere by order of the ministers responsible for health, health insurance, the elderly and t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46-5

…° His or her minimum working time for performing the duties of technical advisor is equal to the percentage of time defined in 1° of Article R. 2324-46-1 multiplied by the number of micro-crèches for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-59-1

…purchasing and storage, and of which it has not already been informed by the operator or by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-6

Subject to the provisions of Articles L. 322-7 to L. 322-10, the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund manages the investor guarantee mechanism instituted by Article L. 322-5. Articles L. 312-5, L. 31…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 1-6 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 123-68-1)

Article Annexe 1-6

…ty and capacity of the signing legal representative. 2. Purpose of the declaration. The undersigned certifies on his or her honour that the legal entity he or she represents belongs to at least one of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Tasks and operation

Article R822-6

…mber of the Board of Directors are free of charge. They give entitlement to the travel and subsistence allowances provided for in décret n° 2006-781 du 3 juillet 2006 fixant les conditions et les moda…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-6

The report referred to in article L. 1334-5 is produced when all or part of a residential building built before 1st January 1949 is sold, in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

In addition to the information required byarticle 56 of the code of civil procedure, the summons shall include, on pain of nullity :1° An indication of the place, date and time of the orientation hear…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-63

The processing mentioned in article R. 1111-59 gives rise to traceability in the shared medical record, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 1111-43. The trace corresponding to this operati…

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