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Showing 51415150 of 53777 articles for Art. al. 5 · Cass. com. 2 November 1994

French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-1

The contract between a hotelier and a natural or legal person operating an online reservation platform for the rental of hotel rooms to customers may only be concluded in the name and on behalf of the…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-4

…between hoteliers and online reservation platforms entered into prior to the publication of Law No. 2015-990 of 6 August 2015 on growth, activity and equal economic opportunities cease to have effect…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-56

…any whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the options mentioned in article L. 225-177 may not be granted: 1° During the ten trading sessions preceding the date on which the annua…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-57

…giving the right to subscribe for or purchase shares to a corporate officer pursuant to Article L. 225-185 is carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in articles L. 22-10-8, L. 22-10-26…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-58

…urchase shares may only be granted to the persons referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 225-185 unless the company meets at least one of the following conditions in respect of the financia…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of socio-medico-judicial security centres

Article R53-8-55

…oncerned and the course of the detention measures, are determined by the provisions of Article R. 112-17 and articles R. 541-2 et seq. of the Penitentiary Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Relations between detainees and their defence counsel

Article R57-6-5

…detainees and their defence counsel are determined by the provisions of articles R. 313-14, R. 313-15 and R. 313-16 of the penitentiary code.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of seats to employee trade unions

Article R23-112-5

When the number of votes cast in the professional and territorial area of competence of a committee is less than twice the number of seats to be filled for this committee, the votes cast at national l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-3

…ean Economic Area and are manufactured or imported in accordance with the requirements of Directive 2003/94/EC and by an establishment authorised under Article 13-1 of Directive 2001/20/EC of the Euro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of the first sub-section, the provisions of this sub-section apply to the manufacture and importation of investigational medicinal products.

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