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Showing 11311140 of 21091 articles for Art. CA Paris 20-5-2009 n° 08-2432

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Collective coordination procedure

Article R694-5

The first three paragraphs of Article R. 621-21 shall apply to decisions taken by the official receiver pursuant to Articles L. 694-6, L. 694-8 et L. 694-9.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-5

…here France is the reference State, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé is responsible for initiating this procedure by informing the Europe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705-5

…shall retain jurisdiction irrespective of the charges retained in the settlement or judgment of the case, subject to the application of Articles 181 and 469. If the acts constitute a contravention, th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-5

Territorial reassignment of Paris arrondissement councils:DESIGNATION OF SECTORS ARRONDISSEMENTS 1st sector 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th 5th sector 5th 6th sector 6th sector 7th sector 7th 8th sector 8th 9th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Public territorial establishments

Article L5219-5

…he territorial public establishment, in place and stead of its member municipalities, shall automatically exercise competences in the areas of:1° Urban policy:a) Drawing up a diagnosis of the territor…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Commitments of the private project manager

Article R2432-5

…rtakings mentioned in articles R. 2432-3 and R. 2432-4, if it is established that some of the technical data required to give such undertakings cannot be known at the time when these undertakings shou…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities.

Article R2513-5

…a civil security mission within the meaning of the article L721-2 of the internal security code.It carries out the missions mentioned in article L. 1424-2, in accordance with the provisions of articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions

Article L2513-5

…nel and equipment made available pursuant to II and III of article L. 2513-3;- common law state allocations for investment and operation provided for by the legislative and regulatory provisions in fo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-5

…ing to which the mayor of the municipality and the arrondissement mayor exercise their right to allocate or propose allocations.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article R621-5

For the application of article…

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