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Showing 25012510 of 46132 articles for Art. 7 December 2000 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 July 2001

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-7

…ions of both parties and on the basis of the industrial and commercial usefulness of the invention. 3. An employee who is the author of an invention shall inform his employer, who shall acknowledge re…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds and institutions for occupational retirement provision established in a Member State of the European Union or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-7

The transfer of a portfolio of contracts referred to in article L. 370-6 is subject to the prior agreement of the members and policyholders. For each contract, this agreement takes the form of: 1° A d…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XXI: Communication by electronic means.

Article 748-9

As an exception to the provisions of this Title, where it is provided that a notice, summons or receipt is sent by the court registry to a person mentioned in Article 692-1, by any means, by simple le…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-11

…decision or probation decision and the original or a copy of the certificate referred to in Article 764-6. He shall also send that authority a translation of the certificate either into the official l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-79

For the application of II of article L. 5126-4, the authorisation may only be suspended, except in the event of an immediate danger to public health, or withdrawn once the director general of the regi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of the opening of the laboratory and changes to its operation

Article D6222-7

Within one month of receipt, the Regional Health Agency will send the person filing the declaration provided for in Article D. 6222-6 an acknowledgement of receipt. The application is deemed to be com…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L5216-7

…owers of the syndicat de communes, which becomes a syndicat mixte within the meaning of article L. 5711-1, or of the syndicat mixte concerned. Nor does it alter the perimeter within which this syndica…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-71

I.- For the application of the condition of previous activity income mentioned in 3° of article R. 5424-70, the income declared by the self-employed person to the tax authorities for income tax purpos…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-90

…the preliminary investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court may, at the requ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Withdrawal of authorisation and deregistration of investment firms

Article L532-7

The removal of an investment firm from the list of authorised investment firms other than a portfolio management company may be ordered as a disciplinary sanction by the Autorité de contrôle prudentie…

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