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Showing 37713780 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 4: Status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre

Article R1222-59

…regulatory requirements applicable to it, as well as the elements mentioned in article L. 1222-11, may result in the modification or temporary or permanent withdrawal of the approval provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Representation of the professions to the public authorities.

Article R814-5

The National Council of Judicial Administrators and Judicial Representatives is composed of sixteen members, eight members representing judicial administrators and eight members representing judicial…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Appointment, challenge and dismissal of statutory auditors.

Article R823-5

…made and decided in accordance with the rules applicable to the procedure provided for in article 905 of the Code of Civil Procedure or to the fixed day procedure.When the statutory auditor is relieve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conseil national d'orientation des conditions de travail (National Council for the Orientation of Working Conditions)

Article R4641-5

…mittees. Within this framework, it organises the monitoring of statistics on working conditions and may carry out any study relating to working conditions; 3° Participates in the coordination of the p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of transport costs

Article R6341-51

In the case of training courses involving a distance from the trainee's usual place of residence, the trainees concerned are entitled, in order to enable them to return periodically, to reimbursement…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-5

For production aid before completion granted in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the two-year period referred to in article 411-31 is extended to three years.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article L311-5

…o group supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to Article L. 356-2, whose total consolidated assets at the level of the parent company with the largest shareholdi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals granted a period for voluntary departure

Article R613-5

…tional who is granted a period of voluntary departure is informed that the administrative authority may terminate it if a reason for refusing this period appears after it has been notified, pursuant t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article R1423-55

The employment tribunal activities referred to in Article L. 1442-5 are : 1° The following activities relating to the role of employee representative: a) Taking the oath ; b) Setting up the industrial…

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