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Showing 29412950 of 31981 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. 17-5-1993 n° 91-20.112

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-51

The declaration is made up of a letter signed by the legal representative of the applicant organisation and a supporting file, entered using a teleservice. The letter describes the activity and certif…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: France Compétences

Article L6123-5

France Compétences is a national public institution with legal personality and financial autonomy. It is responsible for1° To pay funds to the skills operators mentioned in article L. 6332-1 for addit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 431-5

The decision to award support is taken after consulting the Commission for Support for Creation and Distribution on Digital Platforms, after consulting readers in accordance with the procedures set ou…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of profit-sharing.

Article L3314-5

Incentive payments may be distributed evenly among beneficiaries, in proportion to the length of time they have been with the company during the financial year, or in proportion to their salaries. The…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2362-5

The provisions of articles R. 2162-4 and R. 2162-5 apply.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Secondary insolvency proceedings

Article L692-5

I.- The insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings may propose in the secondary insolvency proceedings a draft safeguard or recovery plan drawn up in accordance with the provisions of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article R631-5

The Haut Conseil de stabilité financière shall notify its draft decisions under 4°, 4° bis or 4° ter of Article L. 631-2-1: a) Under the conditions laid down, as the case may be, in Article 458 of Reg…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article R311-5

When a person referred to in Article L. 311-1 crosses a threshold applicable to it, among those mentioned in I of Article L. 311-5, it shall inform the supervisory board within one month of this cross…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-7-5

The AIF or its management company shall send the information mentioned in Article D. 214-32-7-6:1° To the company concerned ;2° To the shareholders of the company concerned whose identity and contact…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-5

The investigating judge, the judicial police officer assigned by him or her, or the judicial police officer or investigative assistant acting under the control of that officer, shall transcribe corres…

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