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Showing 541550 of 4145 articles for Art. Convention franco-américaine 1994

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Suspension and prohibition of enforcement proceedings and assignment of remuneration

Article R722-5

…ifies that the suspension or prohibition takes effect, depending on the case, until approval of the conventional recovery plan provided for in article L. 732-1, until the decision imposing the measure…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances and preparations.

Article L5132-9

…the goods, the import or export authorisation or the export declaration provided for in the Vienna Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 21 February 1971. The procedures for presentation to custom…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D8-2

…ational Directorate of Judicial Police is the national authority designated by Article 40(5) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985.It is also the national authority res…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-138

…m €17,000 to €30,000 0.290% Over €30,000 0.213%2° In the case of an amendment transforming the last conventional mortgage registered prior to the entry into force of the ordonnance n° 2006-346 du 23 m…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Emergency department structure

Article D6124-24

…dical biology analyses and to competent medical biology professionals. In each case, the results of conventional imaging, ultrasound, CT scan, MRI and interventional imaging examinations or biochemist…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-12

For each agreement covered by Article L. 441-1, an appropriation sub-account is kept. For each agreement, an appropriation income statement and an appropriation balance sheet account are drawn up, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-29

The professionals of the medical and psychological emergency unit intervene under conditions laid down by an agreement between the establishment to which they are attached and the health establishment…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consequences specific to divorces other than by mutual consent.

Article 268

During the proceedings, the spouses may submit to the judge for approval agreements settling all or part of the consequences of the divorce. The judge, after checking that the interests of each of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Training agreement

Article R211-91

The agreement provided for in article L. 211-5 must include the stipulations set out in this paragraph. For each sport, a standard agreement is drawn up by the delegating sports federation and approve…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3142-46

In order to implement the employee's right to the leave referred to in article L. 3142-42, a collective agreement or agreement at company level or, failing that, an agreement or agreement at industry…

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