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Showing 54215430 of 25879 articles for Art. CE 7-5-1986 n° 39426

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-5

…d to in Article L. 218-4. This share and the arrangements for its distribution among the authors concerned are set under conditions determined by a company agreement or, failing that, by any other col…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 706-24-1

The articles 706-88 to 706-94 of this code are not applicable to the offences provided for in articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2 of the Criminal Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article D6232-5

…49 and R. 50 relating to the policing of the polling station;11° Article R. 51 relating to the replacement of assessors and delegates who may have been expelled;12° Article R. 52 relating to the power…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article D6332-5

…49 and R. 50 relating to the policing of the polling station;11° Article R. 51 relating to the replacement of assessors and delegates who may have been expelled;12° Article R. 52 relating to the power…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-13-7

…rticle L. 421-1 when the investment firm has not developed or applied a genuine product approval process, or has not complied with the requirements of 3 of II of Article L. 533-10, Article L. 533-24 a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-56

…of article D. 211-55, for a period of three years. In the event of temporary impediment, he is replaced by another member of the Board of Directors appointed by the Minister for Sport.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530-1

…nt to the second paragraph of Article 530, the public prosecutor may either waive prosecution or proceed in accordance with the articles 524 to 528-2 or articles 531 and following, or notify the inter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-5

Within ninety days of the inspection of a pharmaceutical establishment referred to in article R. 5124-2, a certificate of compliance with good practice is issued to the pharmacist in charge if, at the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Value-added services

Article L224-54

Any provider of a voice communications service, within the meaning of 7° of Article L. 32 of the French Post and Electronic Communications Code, shall offer consumers a free option to block calls to p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of authorisation

Article R131-5

…articles of association, the internal rules and the disciplinary rules, as well as a copy of the receipt for the declaration provided for inarticle 5 of the law of 1 July 1901 on the contract of asso…

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