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Showing 491500 of 68978 articles for Art. s. L. 145-1 to L. 145-60 + R. 145-1 to R. 145-38

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Stay of proceedings.

Article 380-1

A final stay decision may be appealed by way of cassation, but only for breach of the rule of law.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National guarantee fund for agricultural disasters.

Article R431-38

…July 1964, the Caisse Centrale de Réassurance is responsible for compiling the statistics required to carry out the information and prevention activities entrusted to the Fonds National de Garantie d…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissioning authorisation.

Article R6312-38

…ions held by a person whose authorisation has been temporarily withdrawn in application of articles L. 6312-3 or L. 6312-5 or article R. 6312-5 may not be transferred during this withdrawal.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the judicial and legal professions for certain commercial court registrars.

Article R742-38

Within six months of the completion of the probationary period provided for in article R. 742-35, the court clerk shall again refer the matter to the commission so that it may examine, in the light of…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Registration and publicity.

Article R4381-38

The application to register the company in the Trade and Companies Register is drawn up under the conditions set out in article 11 of decree no. 84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the Trade and Compani…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Priority question of constitutionality

Article R*532-60

Inadmissibility based on failure to present, in a separate, reasoned pleading, the plea referred to in Article R.* 532-59, may be asserted without application of Article R. 532-12 and the second parag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article R773-38

…the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 551-1 to R. 551-3n° 2019-1248 of 28 November 2019

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Miscellaneous goods intermediaries

Article R774-38

…the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 551-1 to R. 551-3n° 2019-1248 of 28 November 2019

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Operation

Article R6156-38

Only the members mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 6156-2 take part in the vote. Substitutes only have the right to vote in the absence of the full members they are replacing. The Board of Governor…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Management by the social and economic committee

Article R2312-38

…ocial service are managed under the conditions laid down in Titles II and III of Book VI of Part Four.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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