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Showing 50415050 of 7758 articles for Art. 10 nov. 1982

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-17

…he profession; 4° All sums in cash. Industrial contributions from members who, by virtue of section 10 of the law of 29 November 1966, do not contribute to the formation of capital may give rise to th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-13

…register until the filing has been made public under the conditions provided for in article R. 512-10.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-19

…ximum period of two months from receipt of the request, the committee referred to in Article R. 613-10 gives its opinion on the conditions for granting the exploitation licence, particularly as regard…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3221-4-1

…comprising at least two lanes assigned to the same direction of traffic, a maximum authorised speed 10 km/h higher than that provided for in the highway code. This decision takes the form of a reasone…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title III: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation, exchange of information and supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article L634-2

…against corruption and the modernisation of economic life, by the persons mentioned in 1° to 8° and 10° to 18° of II of Article L. 621-9 of this Code and by the persons mentioned in Article L. 612-2,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article A421-6

…he liabilities side of the balance sheet by the special reserve referred to in II of article L. 421-10 and the technical provisions relating to compensation for these losses. The assets side of the ba…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Financing obligation for employers with fewer than eleven employees

Article L6331-1

…curity contributions referred to in article L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code and article L. 741-10 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code. Remuneration paid to apprentices is exempt from this cont…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-5

…re not met, the organisations are subject to the rejection decision provided for in article L. 6362-10 for the expenditure or use of the funds in question.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Application for substantial modification

Article R1124-13

…committee may forward observations relating to ethics on the answers provided by the sponsor within 10 days of receipt.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Arrangements for placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article R61-9

…within this timeframe, the judge may have the dangerousness assessment provided for in article 763-10 carried out. The offender is notified of this by registered letter or, if he or she is a prisoner…

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