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Showing 10911100 of 29557 articles for Art. 5 janv. 1983 + Cass. 3e civ.

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Procedural obligations and rights of appeal

Article L613-58

…e ; 2° The European Commission ; 3° The European Central Bank 4° The European Systemic Risk Board ; 5° The European Banking Authority 6° The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority; 7°…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Treatment and cleaning products and processes

Article R1321-50

…4° Where applicable, specific migration limits for constituents or groups of constituents in water;5° Overall migration limits for constituents in water;6° Rules relating to the nature of the samples…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-5

The court is not obliged to refer a priority question of constitutionality involving, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Cour de cassation or the Conseil constitutionnel.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Housing information and assistance committee

Article L2315-54

Subject to the provisions of Article L. 2315-55, a Conseil d'Etat decree determines: 1° The conditions under which the employee housing information and assistance committee is set up; 2° The condition…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Approved bodies for the management of the right to authorise simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission and representation by a signal distributor

Article R323-5

…17-2, the second paragraph of I of article L. 217-4 and the third paragraph of II of article L. 217-5 shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt addressed to a collective manag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Provisional profit and loss account for training schools and institutes.

Article R6145-58

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 6145-12 and R. 6145-13, the annual investment forecasts relating to the schools and training institutes mentioned in articles L. 4151-9, L. 4244-1 an…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration of sworn freight brokers on the list of the Court of Appeal

Article R131-5

The procedure set out in articles R. 131-1 to R. 131-4 is applicable in the event of the modification or addition of a professional speciality as well as in the event of an application for inclusion o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter 1-2: Examination of genetic characteristics, genetic identification and genetic research.

Article L1541-5

…ust 2021, subject to the following adaptations:a) In article L. 1130-2 and in II of article L. 1130-5, the words: "a consultation with a doctor qualified in genetics for treatment carried out under th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-5

…nal journalists or journalists treated as such, within the meaning of articles L. 7111-3 to L. 7111-5 of the Labour Code, and other authors of works included in the press publications referred to in A…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizure operations

Article R232-5

…nders the pecuniary rights attached to all the shares or securities held by the debtor unavailable; 5° A summons to disclose the existence of any pledges or seizures.

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