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Showing 40014010 of 44559 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 November 2002 · Cass. com. 5 May 2004

French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS.

Article L410-5

…articles L. 410-2, L. 410-3 and L. 410-4 may be withdrawn when one of the conditions for approval or authorisation ceases to be met or when t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Document prévisionnel de gestion des emplois et des crédits de personnel (forward-looking document for managing jobs and staff appropriations)

Article A114-5

…e chairman of the regional council and the minister responsible for sport, for information, before 15th May and before 15th September. At the time of these updates, only the tables for monitoring jobs…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Conditions for opening a judicial liquidation.

Article L640-5

Where there are no conciliation proceedings underway, the court may also be seised at the request of the public prosecutor for the purpose of opening judicial liquidation proceedings. Subject to the s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The performance of the duties of clerk of the commercial court by the company and the members.

Article R743-57

A commercial court clerk who is a partner provisionally suspended from his duties may not engage in any professional activity; he shall retain, for the duration of his suspension, his status as a part…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Secret remedies.

Article R5125-57

…ll be considered to be a secret remedy: 1° For the preparations mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 5121-1, the name and address of the pharmacist who dispensed the preparation, except for ampoules an…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L513-5

…rson who would have access to protection in a part of the territory of his or her country of origin may be rejected if he or she has no reason to fear persecution or serious harm, can travel to that p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Provisions relating to the public establishment for the protection of Mediterranean forests

Article L1424-59

…nts, inter-communal cooperation establishments and fire and rescue services territorially concerned may decide, by concordant deliberations of their deliberative assemblies, to join a public establish…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-5

The police and gendarmerie units may, in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 56 to 58 and during the hours set out in Article 59, and after obtaining the agreement of the examining magi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article L333-5

…which this transfer takes place. Expenses relating to the increase in the assets of these companies may not be deducted from their taxable income. The sale by sports federations of their audiovisual e…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Sports agent commissions and sports agent delegates

Article R222-5

…a jury for the examination of the sports agent's licence or in disciplinary matters. The committee may hear any person it deems useful. The provisions of the present paragraph are not applicable when…

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