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Showing 25112520 of 41543 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 4-5-2011 n° 09-72.550

French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Relations between the liquidator and the guarantee fund

Article R421-53

The liquidator appointed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in application of articles L. 326-1 and L. 326-2, or by the competent authorities of the home state of an insurance und…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: POWERS

Article L3641-5

The State may delegate, by agreement, some of its powers to Metropolitan Lyon, under the conditions set out in Article L. 301-5-1 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation (Construction and Ho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-5

The cancer centres enter into agreements with the universities and university hospital centres mentioned in article L. 6142-5 with a view to defining a common organisation for cancer teaching and rese…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R4393-5

The provisions of articles R. 4331-12 to R. 4331-15 are applicable to the provision of services by ambulance drivers whose declaration is provided for in article L. 4393-5.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-5

The national public institution known as France Compétences, defined in article L. 6123-5, is a national public administrative body under the supervision of the Minister for Vocational Training.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-5

The court may declare the personal bankruptcy of any person mentioned in Article L. 653-1 against whom one of the following facts has been established: 1° Having exercised a commercial, craft or agric…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Common provisions (R)

Article D1612-5

The prefect communicates to the president of the general council: 1° A statement indicating the forecast amount of the net bases of each of the four direct local taxes chargeable to the department, th…

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

Article D2224-5

In communes or public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with 3,500 inhabitants or more, the annual report(s), as well as, where applicable, the introductory notes defined in articles D. 22…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article A53-5

Is an advanced electronic seal with qualified certificate within the meaning of Article D. 589-5 an electronic seal in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliam…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Grouped offers

Article L224-42-2

I.-If a bundled offer of services or a bundled offer of services and terminal equipment offered to a consumer includes at least one Internet access service or interpersonal communications service base…

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