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Showing 21312140 of 47439 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 5-3-1997 n° 369

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-59

In application of Article L. 224-42-3, providers of Internet access services or publicly accessible interpersonal communications services who subject the provision of these services to certain conditi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article L1526-5

For the application of article L. 1142-5 in Wallis and Futuna, the first two paragraphs are replaced by the following provisions: An order of the Minister for Health shall designate the conciliation a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial arrangements and legal representation of agencies

Article R1432-54

With the exception of those provisions of this section and section 5 devoted to the regional intervention fund which derogate therefrom, the regional health agency shall be subject to the provisions o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Mutual credit

Article L512-58

The provisions of articles L. 512-55 to L. 512-57 are applicable to the caisses de crédit mutuel of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, governed by the local law of 1 May 1889, as amended, on cooperative…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R331-5

The period within which the creditor holding a published security interest in the immovable by destination must declare his claim is two months from the date of the summons served on him. The declarat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the absence of an agreement.

Article L3323-5

If a profit-sharing agreement has not been signed within one year of the end of the financial year in respect of which the employees' rights have arisen, this situation is recorded by the Labour Inspe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Investigations

Article D15-5

When a requisition under the article 60-1 without a dedicated report being drawn up, mention of this act is made in the report setting out the steps taken by the requesting magistrate, the judicial po…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Permanence of care in general medicine

Article R6315-5

The regulating doctor, working under the conditions defined in article R. 6315-3, decides on the appropriate response to the request for care.The regional health agency determines the conditions under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: VOTER PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

Article D6332-5

The following articles of the Electoral Code apply to the preparatory operations for the ballot and to the conduct of voting operations, under the conditions laid down in Article D. 6313-1, the follow…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-5

I.-The agglomeration community automatically exercises the following competencies in place of the member municipalities: 1° In terms of economic development: economic development actions under the con…

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