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Showing 33113320 of 5917 articles for Art. 11 févr. 1971

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-36

…annual updates, published under the same conditions, are sent to the courts mentioned in article L. 1142-11 and to the commissions mentioned in article L. 1142-5, which make them available to the publ…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation

Article D2373-2

…rticles D. 2372-6 to D. 2372-9 ; 2° Or elected in accordance with the provisions of Article D. 2372-11 when the conditions laid down in Article L. 2372-3 insofar as it refers to Article L. 2352-6 are…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4222-4

…ts must be registered in the appendix to the register referred to in articles L. 4222-1 and L. 4232-11, together with the name and, where applicable, the corporate name of the members of which they ar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal period

Article L222-14

…irst seven days, except in the case of the assigned credit agreements referred to in Article L. 222-11, which may not begin to be performed during the first three days.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inventions by natural persons who are not employees or public servants, hosted by a legal person carrying out research

Article R611-22

Inventions whose author is an inventor covered by article L. 611-7-1, hosted by a legal entity carrying out research in which, at the date of the invention declaration, more than half of the permanent…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory licences

Article R613-4

Applications for a compulsory licence pursuant to articles L. 613-11 to L. 613-15 shall be submitted to the courts designated in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 615-17. They shall be lodg…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-28

…e declaration does not satisfy these conditions, the procedure provided for in 1° of article R. 712-11.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Competent authority

Article R521-1

Without prejudice to the second paragraph of article 11-1 of decree no. 2004-374 of 29 April 2004 on the powers of the prefects and the organisation and action of the State services in the regions and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal regime for declarations of activity

Article L6351-7-1

…with their obligation to submit the educational and financial report referred to in article L. 6352-11 is made public and includes information relating to the organisation's company name, its workforc…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-1-3

…d person in pharmacovigilance referred to in paragraph 8 of Article 77 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 shall have professional premises.Their activity shall be subject to a declaration t…

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