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Showing 31513160 of 26790 articles for Art. CE 5-6-2020 n° 423066

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Standard formula

Article R352-6

…follows: 1° The "non-life underwriting risk" module reflects the risk arising from non-life insurance commitments, taking into account the perils covered and the procedures applied in the conduct of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R328-5

…ithin fifteen days of any change in the status or general regulations and of any termination of office of a member of the deliberative and governing bodies of an approved organisation. Failure to decl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Aircraft health surveillance

Article R3115-50

In the event of a risk to public health, an inspection of aircraft may be carried out at the request of the Prefect by the officials mentioned in article L. 3115-1, at all airports that are points of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article A53-5

Is an advanced electronic seal with qualified certificate within the meaning of Article D. 589-5 an electronic seal in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliam…

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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 Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-5

…heir design and construction rules; 2° Safety components intended to be used as spare parts to replace identical components and supplied by the manufacturer of the original machine; 3° Specific equipm…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-51

The supervisory authority of the regional chamber of commerce and industry shall install the new members of this chamber within five weeks of the last day of the ballot provided for in article R. 713-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Practice of the profession

Article R4312-52

Nurses are prohibited from receiving benefits in kind or in cash, in any form whatsoever, directly or indirectly, from companies providing services or producing or marketing products covered by compul…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: APATRIDIA

Article R582-5

The provisions of articles R. 561-5 to R. 561-11 are applicable to travel documents that may be issued pursuant to article L. 582-7 to foreign nationals recognised as stateless.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-5

In order to be taken into account, the member must have paid, by 31 March of the year of the declaration of candidacy provided for in article L. 2152-5, all the contributions due for the previous year…

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