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Showing 28712880 of 61711 articles for Art. R 330-2 · Cass. com. 7 July 2004 · CA Paris 5 November 2008

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-56

The provisions of articles R. 5124-49 to R. 5124-55 are applicable to manufacturers and importers of dressing articles or articles presented as complying with the pharmacopoeia mentioned in 2° of arti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Purposes

Article R142-51

The Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration is authorised to implement, on the basis of Article L. 142-4, automated processing of personal data called "Application de gestion du dispositi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditions of application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article R711-5

For the application of the provisions of Books I to VI of the regulatory part of this Code in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations in this Book :1° References to the provisio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management

Article R322-53

I.-Where the company is managed by a Board of Directors, the latter shall comprise at least three members, not including the members elected by the employees, in accordance with the provisions of Arti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Opposition to cold calling

Article R223-5

The fee paid by professionals to the body mentioned in article R. 223-1 includes: 1° A fixed portion comprising, in addition to the registration fees paid when joining the service, those corresponding…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Delivery of the summons to pay in the event of seizure to the third party purchaser

Article R321-5

The pursuing creditor shall serve a summons to pay on the principal debtor. The document shall state that the summons to pay valid as a seizure provided for in the following paragraph shall be issued…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-5

The authority responsible for the public website shall make the reports referred to in Article L. 3512-7 public no later than 1 July of the year in which they are received. These reports remain access…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Individual justification for medical procedures using ionising radiation

Article R1333-52

Prior to requesting and performing a procedure, the doctor or dental surgeon checks that it is justified on the basis of the guide or documents mentioned in article R. 1333-47. In the event of disagre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Portage salarial

Article R1254-5

The Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer, after checking that the prior declaration complies with the obligations set out in articles R. 1254-2 and R. 1254-3, returns a stamped copy to the sender wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Information on substances and mixtures

Article R1341-5

Any person who has supplied the information referred to in article R. 1341-2 has a right of access to this information and, where appropriate, the right to rectify it by contacting the requesting body…

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