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Showing 35313540 of 53777 articles for Art. al. 5 · Cass. com. 2 November 1994

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-57

…Repealed)III. - (Repealed)IV. - Proceeds from gaming carried out in casinos governed by Article L. 321-3 of the Internal Security Code, except where they are registered in Wallis and Futuna, are subje…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opening and operating conditions

Article L6222-5

…he medical biology laboratory are located either in the same area determined in application of b of 2° of Article L. 1434-9, or in a maximum of three of these adjoining areas, unless an exemption is g…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Concealed employment.

Article L8221-5

…f a salaried employee: 1° Intentionally fails to comply with the formalities set out in article L. 1221-10, relating to the declaration prior to recruitment ; 2° Intentionally failing to issue a pay s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-5

In application of the first paragraph of article L. 822-1-2, natural persons who, for a period of at least fifteen years, have been engaged in a public or private activity that has enabled them to acq…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to practice within internal-use pharmacies

Article R5126-5

…opean Union or another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who: 1° On 1 June 2017, provides evidence of practice in a structure equivalent to an in-house-use pharmacy in one of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-5

…eaning of the first paragraph is: 1° use made with the consent of the proprietor of the trade mark; 2° Use made by a person authorised to use the collective mark or guarantee mark; > Use made by a per…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Allocation de professionnalisation et de solidarité et allocation de fin de droits.

Article D5424-52

…en the beneficiary receives the vocational training and solidarity allowance under II of article D. 5424-51, the maximum period of payment is twelve months from :1° The day after the anniversary date…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Obstetrics, neonatology and neonatal resuscitation

Article R6123-52

When an establishment that does not have the three units mentioned in article R. 6123-39 does not join a specific regional scheme, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency invites the establ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: France Compétences

Article L6123-5

…l autonomy. It is responsible for1° To pay funds to the skills operators mentioned in article L. 6332-1 for additional financing of apprenticeship and professionalisation contracts and retraining or p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Provisions common to the National Commission for Voting Operations and the Regional Commissions for Voting Operations

Article R2122-48-5

The Committee meets when convened by its Chairman, who sets the agenda. The meeting may be convened by any means, including fax or e-mail. The same applies to any documents required for the preparatio…

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