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Showing 341350 of 59430 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 5-1-2023

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The enforcement court.

Article D49-5-1

When the sentence enforcement court examines a case following a referral from a sentence enforcement judge in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of article 712-6 and that judge is a…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Usury rates

Article L313-5-1

For account overdrafts, a usurious loan to a natural person acting for business purposes or to a legal person engaged in an industrial, commercial, craft, agricultural or non-commercial professional a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Accountant.

Article R6145-54-1

The régies created by public health establishments are subject to the provisions set out in section one of chapter VII of title I of book VI of the first part of the code général des collectivités ter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Information systems

Article R1413-58-1

I. - An information system called "LABOé-SI" is hereby created, implemented under the responsibility of the Directorate-General for Health, the purpose of which is to contribute to epidemiological sur…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Interregional coordination

Article D1432-53-1

The regional health agency of the region in which the river basin committee mentioned in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-16-5 (art. A212-192-5)

Aptitude test I.-Technical safety test. The aim of the technical safety test is to check the candidate's ability to progress safely, at a sustained speed, on Nordic-type hilly terrain, whatever the sn…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56-1

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) shall carry out surveillance and ongoing monitoring of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-5

The Minister responsible for health issues the authorisations provided for in articles L. 4131-4 and L. 4131-4-1, after obtaining the opinion of the competent committee. The authorisation to practise…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Operating conditions.

Article L812-5-1

The judicial representative may exercise his profession as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in Article L. 812-2. A natural person registered on this list ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Subscription and purchase of shares by employees

Article L22-10-58

In a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, options giving entitlement to subscribe for or purchase shares may only be granted to the persons referred to in the fourth par…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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