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Showing 18311840 of 3137 articles for Art. 18 févr. 1998

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-50

…ial non-compliance of the description or drawings with the provisions of articles L. 611-17, L. 611-18, L. 611-19 (4°) or L. 612-1, notification shall be given to the applicant. The notification speci…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-28

…ndissement may delegate under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2122-18 et l'article L. 2122-20.In the cases provided for in Article L. 2122-17, the borough mayor is rep…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-3-1

…nal Health Agency shall mention in the order provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article L. 5125-18 the names of the roads, natural boundaries or transport infrastructures that delimit the district…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-8

For the application of articles L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-14 and L. 662-4, the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the Labour Code are the New…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Prohibitions.

Article L7124-19

…ns mentioned in article L. 7124-16. He shall also require proof, in accordance with article L. 7124-18, of the origin and identity of all children placed under the supervision of the persons mentioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Lists of candidates and individual applications

Article R1441-21

…ve of a list checks and certifies that this list meets the conditions laid down in articles L. 1441-18 to L. 1441-20. The individual candidacy declarations of each candidate on the list are attached t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Duties towards colleagues

Article R4312-88

…may enlist the help of one or more self-employed colleagues, under the conditions set out inarticle 18 of law no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises. Each of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article R721-2

…nt to the provisions of Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 June 1998 laying down a procedure for the provision of information in the field of technical standards an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Scientific Council and expert committees

Article R1313-25

…ts of members of the specialised scientific committees provided for by Decree no. 98-695 of 30 July 1998, amended by Decree no. 99-242 of 26 March 1999, relating to the special status of the bodies of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative penalties

Article L242-13

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 221-18, L. 221-21 and L. 221-23 to L. 221-27 governing the conditions for exercising the consumer's right of withdrawal and its effects, is punishable by an…

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