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Showing 27312740 of 59993 articles for Art. 1-3-1995

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Relations with other health professions and veterinary surgeons.

Article R4235-33

Pharmacists must refrain from any action that might harm the practitioners mentioned in article R. 4235-31 in relation to their customers.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nursing staff within inter-company occupational health services.

Article R4623-36

With the exception of emergency situations, nurses' work is mainly focused on prevention.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Trader status.

Article L121-3

The spouse of a trader is only deemed to be a trader himself if he carries on a commercial activity separate from that of his spouse.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L123-39

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the list of information declared and documents transmitted by the person required to register, which shall be entered and filed in the national register…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-3

Does not constitute a publishing contract, within the meaning of article L. 132-1, the so-called half-account contract. With this type of contract, the author or his successors in title commission a p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3

I.-The fixation of the performer's performance, its reproduction and communication to the public, as well as any separate use of the sound and image of the performance when it has been fixed for both…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-3

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may lodge a complaint and bring a civil action before the examining magistrate in respect of acts constituting the offence of counterfeiting, within…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration application

Article L512-3

An applicant or holder of a filing who has not complied with the prescribed time limits may, if he can show a legitimate excuse, be relieved of any forfeiture he may have incurred.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-3

Any owner of an invention patent having effect in France and relating to a medicinal product, a process for obtaining a medicinal product, a product necessary for obtaining such a medicinal product or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Comparative advertising

Article L122-3

For products benefiting from a protected designation of origin or geographical indication, comparison is only permitted between products each benefiting from the same designation or indication.

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