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Showing 25912600 of 31999 articles for Art. Cass. com. 15-5-2007 n° 06-14.262

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Surveillance conditions

Article R3214-5

Articles R. 322-15 to R. 322-25 of the Penitentiary Code set out the provisions relating to the supervision and protection of detainees hospitalised in the specially adapted unit, compliance with cour…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R6227-5

Employing an apprentice in work that is dangerous to their health or safety, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6222-30, is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-5

The companies promoting the operation to form a European holding company shall draw up a joint draft for the formation of the European company.This draft shall be filed with the registrar of the court…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to certain offences against the rules governing public land transport services

Article 529-4

The transaction is effected by the payment to the operator for whose benefit the security service is provided, of a fixed indemnity and, where applicable, the sum due in respect of the transport.I. -…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Amendment and termination.

Article D3313-5

The profit-sharing agreement may only be amended or terminated by all the signatories and in the same form as it was concluded, except in the event of termination as provided for in the second paragra…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-5

The term referred to in the tenth paragraph of article L. 132-23 may not exceed the shorter of eight years or the maturity date of the guarantee. Before the maturity date mentioned in article L. 134-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers.

Article L721-5

…on to hear legal actions in which one of the parties is a company formed in accordance with the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de sociétés des professions libérale…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the management of the guarantee fund for damage resulting from preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic acts provided by health professionals

Article R427-5

The management referred to in Article R. 427-4 is accounted for separately from the other operations carried out by the fund. The available assets of the fund are invested by the Caisse centrale de ré…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-5

Any person who, while intoxicated, enters or attempts to enter a sports venue by force or by fraud during the staging or public broadcasting of a sporting event is punishable by one year's imprisonmen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R3252-5

In all cases, the sum left at the disposal of an employee whose remuneration is subject to seizure or assignment, in application of the second paragraph of article L. 3252-5, is equal to the lump sum…

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