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Showing 29112920 of 31981 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. 17-5-1993 n° 91-20.112

French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Obligation to provide information about accidents at work

Article R4121-5

When a worker is the victim of an accident at work which results in his death, the employer shall inform the Labour Inspectorate official responsible for the place where the accident occurred immediat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article D6361-5

The chapters of the budgets voted by function correspond:a) Investment section:- for expenditure and revenue that can be broken down, to groups 90 "Departmental facilities" or 91 "Non-Departmental fac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liens and insurance

Article D3253-5

The maximum amount of the guarantee provided for in Article L. 3253-17 is set at six times the monthly ceiling used to calculate contributions to the unemployment insurance scheme. This amount is set…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-5

I.-The following may only be brought before the Institut national de la propriété industrielle: 1° Applications for a declaration of invalidity based exclusively on one or more of the grounds listed i…

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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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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of the admissibility decision

Article R722-5

The letter notifying the admissibility decision states that its effect is to suspend and prohibit enforcement proceedings against the debtor's assets as well as assignments of remuneration that the de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L924-5

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…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL MEASURES

Article L2251-5

Locations, their groupings, the collectivity of Saint-Barthélemy and the collectivity of Saint-Martin may, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, award subsidies to existing establishme…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Pre-contractual information obligation

Article L222-5

In good time and before being bound by a contract, the consumer shall receive information, the list of which shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, covering:1° The identity and contact de…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members to the board of directors of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne and to the advisory boards of the Ecole nationale de ski et d'alpinisme and the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne

Article A211-54

The Director General of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne is responsible for drawing up the electoral lists and organising all the operations relating to the election of the elected members o…

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