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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-5

…f its shares other than the offers mentioned in 1° or 2° of article L. 411-2 of the French Monetary and Financial Code or article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, or to have its shares admitted to trading…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Self-employed practitioners

Article L6154-5

…ctice is carried out, a private practice committee is responsible for ensuring that the legislative and regulatory provisions governing this practice are properly applied and that the clauses of priva…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medical biology laboratory

Article L6212-5

Only organisations that meet the conditions laid down in this book may use the designation of medical biology laboratory.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction.

Article R721-5

When a commercial court is created or when the jurisdiction of a commercial court or a judicial court ruling on commercial matters is modified as a result of a new delimitation of administrative or ju…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medical laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-5

…accreditation conditions, the authorisation conditions or the approval conditions referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 6221-4 are recognised as equivalent to those laid down for medical biology labo…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-53-1

In implementing the provisions of Articles R. 356-52 and R. 356-53, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall assess whether the provision of information represents a disproportionate…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-5

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering for the purchase of supplies or services on particularly advantageous terms either from an economic operator who i…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other product-related offences

Article L413-5

It is forbidden for any professional to display or offer for sale products marked with false or altered names.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 380-5

Where the Assize Court is not seised of the appeal against the judgment handed down on the public prosecution, the appeal lodged by a party against the judgment handed down on the civil action alone s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-5

The establishments mentioned in article L. 1113-1 or the State are not liable when the loss or deterioration results from the nature or a defect of the item. The same applies when the damage was made…

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