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Showing 77017710 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-8-6

…s for exercising the right to object provided for in article L. 324-8-2, the procedures for issuing and withdrawing the authorisation provided for in article L. 324-8-3 and the publicity measures prov…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "intensive care" and 2°: "dispensatory polyvalent intensive care

Article D6124-28-6

The registrant is part of the regional critical care network aimed at encouraging and structuring cooperation in order to improve the flow of care, in particular the management of patient transfers, a…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Beef and veal, sheepmeat and pigmeat

Article R412-30

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 11 and 12, paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 of Article 13, Article 14, Article 15 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 15a o…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions authorising the organisers of sporting events and competitions to process personal data for the purposes of Article L. 333-1-4

Article R333-6-1

…333-1-4, La Française des Jeux implements automated processing of personal data relating to bettors and bets placed on sports bets that it organises on the basis of these rights. The purpose of this p…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Provisions applicable to refugees, stateless persons and beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and to French nationals who have returned to French territory at the request of the French authorities

Article R4221-14-6

…who are refugees, stateless persons or beneficiaries of territorial asylum or subsidiary protection and French nationals who have returned to France at the request of the French authorities, and who h…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-3

…tion No 2016/161 EU of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules concerning safety features on the packaging of medi…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2315-36

A health, safety and working conditions committee is set up within the social and economic committee in: 1° Companies with at least three hundred employees; 2° Separate establishments with at least th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2315-38

The Health, Safety and Working Conditions Committee is entrusted, by delegation from the Social and Economic Committee, with all or part of the Committee's powers relating to health, safety and workin…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2315-37

In separate undertakings and establishments with fewer than three hundred employees, the labour inspector may require the creation of a health, safety and working conditions committee where this is ne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L2315-39

…plicable the third college, as provided for in Article L. 2314-11.The members of the health, safety and working conditions committee are appointed by the social and economic committee from among its m…

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