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Showing 27312740 of 47439 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-3-1997 n° 369

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-5

For each profession and, where applicable, each speciality, the selection board will draw up a list of successful candidates in order of merit, within the limit of the maximum number of people who may…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Specialisation in "sports development

Article A212-51

The four units (UC) making up the State Diploma in Youth, Popular Education and Sport are defined by the following professional skills: In the two transversal units (UC), whatever the speciality: UC 1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article D445-5

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article R123-57

When a commercial company whose registered office is located abroad is subject to the legislation of another Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation.

Article R2363-5

The information provided, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 229-3 of the Commercial Code, by the directors of the company, subsidiary or establishment concerned by the merger to certify t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Brokers, commission agents, carriers and commercial agents.

Article A134-5

The amending declaration provided for in the last paragraph of article R. 134-6 is made in duplicate.One of the copies remains deposited at the registry, the other is given to the depositor and serves…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R4432-5

The council for culture, education and the environment of the Guadeloupe region comprises twenty-five members including:1° Eight representatives of bodies involved in the cultural life of the region;2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Driving authorisation for the use of certain mobile work equipment or equipment for lifting loads

Article R4323-57

Orders issued by the ministers responsible for labour or agriculture determine: 1° The conditions of the training required under article R. 4323-55; 2° The categories of work equipment requiring a dri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5

I.-In the case of assignment of the exploitation right, where the author has suffered a loss of more than seven twelfths due to injury or insufficient forecasting of the proceeds of the work, he may r…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to offences not giving rise to the loss of driving licence points

Article A37-5

The characteristics of the official statement of offence referred to in Article A. 37-1 are as follows: I.-On the front, on the left-hand side, the information provided for in I of

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