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Showing 34213430 of 48272 articles for Art. Cass. com. 5 April 2016 n° 14-15.860 · Cass. 1re civ. 25 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 14 March 2012 · Cass. com. 29 April 2003 · Cass. com. 5 February 2020 n° 18-21.689

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

Article D4111-5

…st of successful candidates in order of merit, within the limit of the maximum number of people who may be admitted to the knowledge verification tests. Ties are broken by the mark obtained in the fir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obstetrics, neonatology and neonatal resuscitation

Article R6123-51

The regional health plan sets objectives with regard to cooperation between health establishments authorised to practise obstetrics, neonatology and neonatal intensive care and the organisation of ref…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obstetrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation.

Article D6124-51

The minimum capacity of six beds may exceptionally be reduced to four if the neonatology unit is geographically isolated, more than an hour's journey from the nearest neonatology unit and if the needs…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations.

Article R351-5

…ministration of a credit institution or one of the institutions or services mentioned in Article L. 518-1 of the French Monetary and Financial Code, with the exception of the French Treasury, failing…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-5

…wn on the civil action alone shall be brought before the Criminal Appeals Chamber. The articles 380-14 and 380-15 are not applicable.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article D632-5

…uments mentioned in Article L. 330-1;4° The clearing houses referred to in Articles L. 440-1 et seq;5° Commercial companies that centralise and electronically record data relating to transactions in f…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article L423-5

…The rapporteur is bound by professional secrecy with regard to any facts, acts or information that may have come to his knowledge by virtue of his office, under the conditions and subject to the pena…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-5

…the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012, the Haut Conseil du Commissariat aux Comptes shall collect the proceeds of the contributions m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5

…more than seven twelfths due to injury or insufficient forecasting of the proceeds of the work, he may request a revision of the price conditions of the contract. This request may only be made in cas…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: DETENTION BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITY

Article L741-5

An alien under the age of eighteen may not be detained. They may only be detained if they are accompanying a foreign national placed in detention under the conditions provided for in this article.

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