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Showing 50715080 of 40353 articles for Art. 25-3 et seq.

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article L412-3

…48-1360 of 1st September 1948 amending and codifying the legislation relating to the relationship between landlords and tenants or occupants of residential or business premises and instituting housin…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishment and composition

Article 712-3

…diction of which, corresponding to that of one or more judicial courts within the jurisdiction, is set by decree. The sentence enforcement court is composed of a president and two assessors appointed…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-3

…n the programme in question, when submitting guarantee applications to the Commission des garanties et du crédit au commerce extérieur relating to transactions in which it is involved.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Regulatory and monitoring role in the field of technical protection measures and the identification of protected works and objects

Article R331-31

…31-30 are appointed by the chairman of the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique on a proposal from the rapporteur in charge of investigating the case. The chairman's d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Combating drug supply shortages

Article L5121-31

For the medicinal products of major therapeutic interest mentioned in article L. 5111-4 , marketing authorisation holders and pharmaceutical companies exploiting medicinal products draw up and impleme…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article R643-3

…cessful bidder shall pay into the deposit account opened by the liquidator at the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations the entire auction price, including interest at the legal rate from the day on whic…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Admission to the profession

Article R811-3

…rs of the national commission, is organised by the Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires. It shall take place by a one-round majority multi-mandate ballot. Ju…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public health policy coordination committees

Article D1443-3

…r" are replaced by the words: "the head of the regional department responsible for" and the d is deleted;2° 5° is replaced by the following paragraph: " 5° Le directeur de la caisse générale de sécuri…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Renewal procedure

Article R5221-34

Renewal of one of the work permits referred to in articles R. 5221-32 and R. 5221-33 may be refused where : 1° The foreign national concerned fails to comply with the terms of the work permit he or sh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1531-3

…ence of the third paragraph of I, and the references L. 1421-3 and L. 1435-7 mentioned in VI are deleted; 5° (Deleted) ; 6° In the last sentence of Article L. 1111-9 the words : "established by the Hi…

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