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Showing 65116520 of 59844 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 5-1-2012 n° 10-12.741

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Automated national register of refusals to take blood samples

Article R1232-5

The automated national register instituted by Article L. 1232-1 shall be operated and managed by the Agence de la biomédecine under the conditions laid down in this section.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Local tax on companies operating ski lift equipment.

Article L2333-52

The communes or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation which, on 31 December 1983, collected the special tax on gross receipts from the sale of transport tickets by companies operating s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-5

When, in the course of the investigation, it proves impossible to return seized movable property whose retention is no longer necessary to establish the truth, either because the owner cannot be ident…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-2

Searches of the premises of a press company, an audiovisual communication company, an online public communication company, a press agency, the professional vehicles of these companies or agencies or t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Forward financial instruments of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-54

The sum of the positive realisation values of all the contracts entered into with the same company or several companies belonging to the same group within the meaning of article R. 332-13 is taken int…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article R112-5

I. - The threshold mentioned in article L. 112-6-1 is set at 3,000 euros. II. - In addition to the information usually provided for the execution of a payment transaction, the payer initiating the tra…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to apprenticeships

Article L6522-5

For the application of article L. 6235-1 in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the border countries are: 1° For Gu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating licences

Article R3332-5

Approval is granted on the basis of verification that:-compliance of the training programme proposed by the organisation with the provisions of articles L. 3332-1-1 and R. 3332-7 the training programm…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Housing concessions granted to civil servants

Article R114-56

Any centre created since 1 March 2016 must include housing concessions determined in accordance with the provisions of this section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Position limits and position reporting

Article D420-5

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/591 of 1 December 2016 clarifies the definition of economically equivalent OTC contracts.

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