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Showing 24612470 of 21091 articles for Art. CA Paris 20-5-2009 n° 08-2432

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-5

…s and, to these ends: 1° To set up a supervisory committee for each plan subscribed, subject to the case mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 144-13 ; 2° Organising consultations with member…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair business-to-business commercial practices

Article L442-5

…or final service providers. Any business that is free to determine its commercial policy and has no capital link or affiliation with the wholesaler is considered independent. II.-The provisions of I a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-5

Title III of Book II of this Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, with the exception of articles L. 1231-1 A, L. 1233-3, L. 1233-4, L. 1234-3-1, L. 1234-4, L. 1235-1, with the exc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-54

The industrial property attorney: 1° Refrains in the same case from advising, assisting or representing clients with opposing interests; he also refrains from accepting a new case if the secrecy of in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General conditions for the application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article L711-5

For the application of the provisions of Books I to VI of this Code in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations in this Book : 1° References to the provisions of the Civil Code,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conclusion of the contract.

Article L6222-5

Where a minor apprentice is employed by an ascendant, the apprenticeship contract is replaced by a declaration signed by the employer. This declaration is treated in all respects as an apprenticeship…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1322-5

The application for authorisation to exploit a natural mineral water source, provided for inarticle L. 1322-1, concerning a project for packaging, use for therapeutic purposes in a spa establishment o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article D2224-51

…ved by the natural gas distribution organisation. This order defines in particular: 1° The main indicators mentioned in 1° of Article D. 2224-50 and the procedures for their preparation; 2° The famili…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4311-55

…ed nurses. When nurses are also retired, they are assigned to the college for the activity they are carrying out, which they have retained or which they have taken over. If they are on the roll of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure

Article L613-58

…etail customers, on the website of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. Where applicable, the notice specifying the conditions and duration of the suspension referred to in Articles L…

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