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Showing 33113320 of 53777 articles for Art. al. 5 · Cass. com. 2 November 1994

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism Guidance Council

Article D561-52

The Steering Committee is chaired by a qualified person appointed jointly, for a renewable period of three years, by the Minister of the Economy and the Minister of the Budget, after consultation with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Right of substitution.

Article R5125-53

When dispensing a medicinal product or product other than that prescribed pursuant to article L. 5125-23, the pharmacist shall indicate on the prescription the name of the medicinal product or product…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obstetrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation.

Article D6124-58

All neonatal intensive care units have a minimum of six intensive care beds. The health establishment where it is located has a neonatology unit with at least nine beds, including at least three beds…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-5

…mply with the stipulations of a branch agreement or convention adopted in application ofarticle L. 1242-8 or, where applicable, the provisions of articles L. 1242-8-1 and L. 1242-8-2, relating to the…

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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 General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Loan guarantees

Article L2252-5

…surety for the construction, acquisition or improvement of social housing referred to in article L. 2252-2 and to provide subsidies or land grants for these operations.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obstetrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation.

Article D6124-52

The neonatology unit comprises : 1° A room where parents can be welcomed ; 2° An area for monitoring and caring for children, where newborn babies are hospitalised; this area also includes a zone for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-57

…truction are invested by the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance in the assets mentioned in Article R. 332-2. These assets are subject to the limitations set out in articles R. 332-3 and R. 332-3-1 ; howev…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Public body responsible for adult vocational training

Article L5315-5

…ial burden of public service missions and requirements resulting from the application of article L. 5315-1 and 1° to 3° and a of 4° of article L. 5315-2.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D3311-5

…e most detailed subdivision of the nomenclature defined by the decree provided for in article L. 3312-2, supplemented, for programmes, by the programme number and, for operations on behalf of third pa…

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