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Showing 110 of 42 articles for Art. 1994

French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Obligations of the agent.

Article 1994

The mandatary is liable for the person he has substituted in the management: 1° when he has not received the power to substitute anyone; 2° when this power has been conferred on him without the design…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Interpreters and translators

Article L141-1

…exchanges between the public and the administration, in accordance with Law No. 94-655 of 4 August 1994 on the use of the French language. Subject to the provisions of this Code, the use of the Frenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-12

…s who were engaged in such activities for at least three years in the ten years prior to 19 January 1994 ; 2° Persons other than those referred to in 1° who were engaged in these activities on 19 Janu…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 482

…capacity. The mandatary is liable for the person he has substituted under the conditions of Article 1994.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-24-2

…pt in the case of small farmers within the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 referred to above, the farmer shall pay compensation to the holders of the plant variety certif…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: General principles

Article A512-7

…peciality 313 of the nomenclature of training specialities approved by decree no. 94-522 of 21 June 1994. 2° Certificates of professional qualification registered in the national register of professio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article A212-181

…rsons who have declared their activity in accordance with the provisions of the Order of 12 January 1994 retain the benefit of this declaration for the three-year period initially provided for in arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-14

…ose discharges occur in a sensitive area defined in articles 6 and 7 of decree no. 94-469 of 3 June 1994, the treatment mentioned in article R. 2224-11 is more stringent treatment than that provided f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Financial provisions

Article L2563-2

…s and territories and the territorial units of Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is increased in 1994 by a sum of 30 million francs, taken from the development grant instituted by article L. 2334-1…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of nationality before the courts

Article 30-2

…on of French status.The French nationality of persons born in Mayotte, who were of age on 1 January 1994, will be subsidiarily held to be established if these persons have consistently enjoyed possess…

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