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Showing 55815590 of 53777 articles for Art. al. 5 · Cass. com. 2 November 1994

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions.

Article L123-11-5

Persons exercising the activity of direct debit shall implement the obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing defined in Chapter I of Title VI of Book V of the

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons required to register.

Article L123-5-1

At the request of any interested party or of the public prosecutor, the president of the court, ruling in summary proceedings, may enjoin, subject to a fine, the manager of any legal person to file th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-8-5

A user who has entered into a contract under the conditions provided for in Article L. 324-8-1 shall communicate to the approved collective management organisation all the relevant information mention…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2a: Provisions relating to local fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36-5

Municipalities and public establishments for inter-communal cooperation are competent to build, acquire or lease the property necessary for the operation of the first response centres of the local fir…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L1613-5-1

Individual allocations under the components of the global operating grant mentioned in articles L. 2334-1 and L. 3334-1 may be established by order of the Minister responsible for local authorities pu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-7-1

The conditions of formation and the effects of a registered partnership as well as the causes and effects of its dissolution are subject to the substantive provisions of the State of the authority whi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil solidarity pacts

Article 515-3-1

A mention is made in the margin of each partner's birth certificate of the declaration of civil solidarity pact, indicating the identity of the other partner. For foreign nationals born abroad, this i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article 10-5-1

When the medical examination of a victim of violence has been requested by a judicial police officer or magistrate, the medical examination certificate stating the victim's state of health is given to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-4-5

If the victim is confronted with a person in police custody, they may also ask to be assisted by a lawyer chosen by them or by their legal representative if they are a minor or, at their request, appo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 56-1-1

When, during a search in a place other than those mentioned in Article 56-1, a document mentioned in the second paragraph of the same Article is discovered 56-1, the person at whose premises these ope…

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