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Showing 40414050 of 45498 articles for Art. AN 23-2-2016 n° 78192

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-208

Companies which allow their employees to share in their results by allocating their shares, those which allocate their shares under the conditions provided for in articles L. 225-197-1 to L. 225-197-3…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: International applications

Article L614-21

…the request is not forwarded to the International Bureau set up by the Washington Treaty. Extended bans may be lifted at any time. In the case of extended bans, the provisions of the second, third and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic promotion account abroad

Article 721-25

…stment authorisation must be submitted once a year when it concerns the promotion abroad of the company's catalogue and twice at the most when it concerns the promotion abroad of a specific film.Until…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Authorisations.

Article L6122-2

Authorisation is granted, taking into account the elements of the certification reports issued by the Haute Autorité de santé which concern the project for which it is requested and which are relevant…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-25

…ee's unfavourable opinion, the sponsor may use the information system for research involving the human person to request that his dossier be re-examined by another committee. The sponsor must inform t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5132-25

The financial aid mentioned in articles R. 5132-23 and R. 5132-24-1 is paid, on behalf of the State, by the Agence de services et de paiement. This aid cannot be combined with any other State-funded e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Military

Article R1112-29

If the Director is called upon to admit a member of the military whose condition requires urgent care, he shall report this admission to the military authority or, failing this, to the gendarmerie.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Provisions specific to entry 3: "cardiac intensive care".

Article D6124-29

…includes at least the equipment required to carry out cardiac ultrasound examinations, including transoesophageal ultrasound, in the unit's rooms, when this is justified by the conditions under which…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consumer rights

Article L224-25-15

…failure on his part to comply with his obligations under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties, where s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-2

…cerning the suspension or splitting of the sentence, work release, temporary absences, semi-liberty and conditional release are not applicable during the period of security provided for in article 132…

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