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Showing 34013410 of 57889 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 12-DCC-13 du 1 Feb 2012

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-12-1

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the intervention of the fund in the event of the withdrawal of authorisation from undertakings providing medical liability insurance

Article R427-12

…uthorisation from an insurance company, the fund assumes responsibility, under II of article L. 426-1 of this code, for compensation for the damage referred to inarticle L. 1142-2 of the Public Health…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-12

…all enter into a specific five-year contract with the Regional Health Agency in the following cases:1° An armed forces hospital is established within the remit of the Regional Health Agency concerned;…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-13-1

…e same first paragraph is made. The Government may object, under the conditions defined in Article 21-4, to the acquisition of French nationality by the declarant who avails himself of the provisions…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Examination of projects on behalf of unauthorised buyers

Article R2212-12

For the purposes of this Book, the supervising minister is:1° The minister or ministers exercising supervision pursuant to the legislative or regulatory texts in force;2° For public interest groupings…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-12

…egard of this rule is punishable under the conditions set out in the first paragraph of article L. 411-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation of the legal conformity guarantee

Article L217-12

1° The value that the goods would have if there were no lack of conformity; 2° The significance of the lack of conformity; and 3° Any possibility of opting for the other choice without major inconveni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article D3821-12

Articles D. 3121-1 to D. 3121-14 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna.Articles D. 3121-21 to D. 3121-23-1 and D. 3121-24 to D. 3121-26, in the version resulting from Decree No. 2015-796 of 1st July 201…

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

Article R917-12

In article R. 712-4-1, the words: "the president of the regional chamber, on a proposal from the president of the territorial chamber where applicable," are replaced by the words: "the president of th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Information for purchasers of recording media subject to private copy levies

Article R311-12

The authority competent to impose administrative fines for breaches of Article L. 311-4-1 is the administrative authority designated by article R. 141-4 of the Consumer Code. Prior to any decision, th…

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