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Showing 38413850 of 30077 articles for Art. 14 May 2013

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-20

…management companies authorised to provide the services mentioned in 1, 2 or 3 of Article L. 321-1 may initiate or conclude transactions with eligible counterparties without complying with the obliga…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Correction, withdrawal and publication of the application

Article R612-42

Where the invention concerns a micro-organism, any person may, either from the date of publication provided for in Article R. 612-39, or before that date if it has been notified of a copy of the paten…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Assets backing regulated commitments.

Article A332-3

The liabilities of an economic loan fund referred to in article R. 332-14-2 may take one of the following forms: 1° Units, giving rise to identical rights to capital and interest, resulting either fro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Fees for formalities

Article A444-8

…orced sale, after the file has been forwarded by the bailiff to the judicial auctioneer, the latter may agree to postpone the sale in the event of an advance payment, at the written request of the deb…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Relay doctors

Article R3413-2

Doctors may be included on the departmental list, at their request or with their agreement:1° Have been registered with a medical association or, with the authorisation of the Minister of Defence, hav…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Psychiatric care arrangements

Article R3844-11

…R. 3211-7 to R. 3211-30 are applicable in New Caledonia, in the version resulting from decree no. 2014-897 of 15 August 2014 relating to the judicial procedure for the release and review of non-consen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-13

…2°, 9° and 10° of Article R. 5322-11 are approved under the same conditions. Decisions relating to 14° of article R. 5322-11 are enforceable one month after they have been sent to the Minister for He…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Participation of private healthcare professionals in the work of public health institutions

Article R6146-23

…eting or per half-day of training in accordance with the rates set in application of article L. 162-14-1 of the Social Security Code. It is paid monthly on the basis of proof of attendance, up to a li…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-15

Natural persons guilty of the offence punishable under Article L. 132-14 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in the Article 131-27 of the Crim…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-5-1

…ltiplication by himself on his own farm. The conditions for such use are those laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights.

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