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Showing 26312640 of 30762 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 28-5-2003 n° 676

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 919-5

The authors must have previously collaborated on writing or directing at least one cinematographic work in the documentary genre:1° Released in cinemas in France in 2020 or 2021 or scheduled to be rel…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF MARTINIQUE

Article L7253-5

International agreements relating both to areas of State competence and to areas of competence of the territorial collectivity of Martinique shall, in cases where the first paragraph of articles L. 72…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: The savings bank network.

Article R512-55

When a representative of a local authority or of a public institution for inter-municipal cooperation with its own tax status on the Guidance and Supervisory Board of a Caisse d'Epargne et de Prévoyan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body with a view to their transfer for scientific use

Article R1243-58

Transfers carried out by an organisation in the following cases are not considered to be transfers within the meaning of this sub-section: 1° The organisation carries out research in collaboration wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Optimisation of medical exposure to ionising radiation

Article R1333-58

I. - When exposure to ionising radiation involves a woman of childbearing age, the applicant and the person carrying out the procedure must investigate whether there is any pregnancy, unless this inve…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges

Article R724-5

The election of the members of the commission mentioned in 3° of article L. 724-2 shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast. In the event of a tie, the oldest candidate is declared elected. Vot…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Setting up and closing down the social and economic committee

Article R2313-5

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment will take a decision within two months of receipt of the challenge. This decision is notified by registered letter w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article R761-5

The market manager draws up an annual report under the conditions provided for in article L. 1411-3 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales and forwards it to the communes and the établiss…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article L311-56

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act No. 68-678 of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-5

I.-In order to draw up the declaration relating to the employment obligation, the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code or in article L. 723-2 of the Rural and…

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