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Showing 11211130 of 18481 articles for Art. CE 5-5-2010 n° 301419

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-50

…e as follows: 1° An obligation on the person to inform a specific authority of any change of residence; 2° A prohibition on going to certain places or defined areas in the issuing State or the executi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expenditure taken into account

Article 511-6

Expenditure taken into account for the award of grants is :1° Expenditure on physical restoration, digitisation and, where applicable, digital restoration;2° For silent films, expenditure on recreatin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-5

The last paragraph of III of article L. 442-5 is replaced by the following four paragraphs: "The investigating judge or the court hearing the case may order the advertising to cease, either at the req…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2 - Financing and management of the individual training entitlement of local elected representatives

Article R1621-5

…made up of: 1° The contributions payable by local elected representatives on their official allowances; 2° The advance referred to in Article L. 1621-3; 3° The sums likely to be repaid to it pursuant…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other provisions

Article D632-5

…defined in Article L. 421-1, or a multilateral trading facility as defined in Article L. 424-1; 2° Central depositories of financial instruments mentioned in 3° of II of Article L. 621-9; 3° Managers…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Setting tariffs

Article A444-58

…cted by a coefficient equal to 1 or 5/ 7e respectively, depending on whether they apply to a deed received en minute or a deed received en brevet; 2° In the case of proportional emoluments, applicable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-53

…or of generators, kits or precursors mentioned in 3° of the said article, shall implement a pharmaceutical quality system. This system is managed by a person with the required qualifications in acco…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Medical, pharmaceutical and odontological units.

Article D6431-58

…the director of the agency after consulting the medical committee. The heads of the medical, pharmaceutical and odontological units are appointed from among the practitioners mentioned in the previou…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Obtaining a multi-annual residence permit without a change of reason

Article L433-5

Article L. 433-4 does not apply when the foreign national resides in France under the following residence permits: 1° La carte de séjour temporaire portant la mention " travailleur temporaire " prévue…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-5

The natural person who carries out the mediation measure must satisfy the following conditions:

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