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Showing 25312540 of 43273 articles for Art. Cass. com. 5 May 2004

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Director.

Article R6145-5

…ctions are subject to administrative accounting. During the financial year, the authorising officer may transfer appropriations between all titles or chapters, without these transfers having the effec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 14: Maintenance and repair of medical equipment

Article R224-52

The obligation set out in article

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Obligation to register.

Article R512-5

…diaries shall inform the CMF of any change in the information concerning them and of any event that may have an impact on their registration, such as a change in their place of business, cessation of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-59

…t, the members of the Management Board or the sole Managing Director shall be natural persons. They may be chosen from outside the shareholders.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-2

On pain of nullity, there may be no civil solidarity pact: 1° Between ascendants and descendants in the direct line, between relatives in the direct line and between collaterals up to and including th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 quindecies

…of the Environment Code, and the agents of the Directorate General of Customs and Indirect Taxation may provide each other, spontaneously or on request, with any information, data and documents that a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and constitution.

Article L2131-5

…er the same conditions, any foreign national aged eighteen or over who is a member of a trade union may be appointed to the administration or management of that trade union.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Civil capacity.

Article L2132-5

Trade unions may:1° Set up and administer information centres for job offers and applications;2° Create, administer and subsidise professional provident institutions, educational, training, popularisa…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Termination of concession contracts

Article L3136-5

…cognised by the Court of Justice of the European Union under the procedure provided for in Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the awarding authority may terminate the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Procedure before the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-5

Applicants may, during the examination of their application, submit a written, reasoned request to the Commission d'instruction des demandes en révision et en réexamen (Revision and Reconsideration Ap…

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