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Showing 60616070 of 21091 articles for Art. CA Paris 20-5-2009 n° 08-2432

French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-5

…vident funds and of the organisation providing supplementary health cover; 6° The title of the applicable collective agreements. II -The fixed-term employment contract is sent by the employer to the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-5-3

…istics, IT and property functions as well as payment or ordering functions, legal expertise, communication and international relations. The bodies and functions to be pooled are determined by a Consei…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R*322-51

…the names of the members, showing their surnames, forenames, positions and domiciles, and, if applicable, the names and registered offices of the member companies, the amount of securities insured by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article R4112-5-1

…uspensive effect. Subject to the following provisions, the provisions of article R. 4112-5 are applicable before the national council. When submitted by the departmental council, the appeal must be ac…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-5-1

For works belonging to the genre of audiovisual adaptation of shows, the points in the scale are divided between five groups, under the following conditions: I.-A maximum number of 31 points is alloca…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-5-1

…than five years shall be rejected where the opponent, at the request of the proprietor of the application for registration, cannot establish: 1° That the earlier trade mark has been put to genuine us…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Land

Article L4424-26-5

…ssistance funds or holdings, financial guarantees granted to it by the European Union, the State, local authorities and national companies, public establishments and any other interested public or pri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Mobility vouchers

Article R3261-13-5

…isation provided for in Article L. 3261-7 is issued by the Minister for Transport to companies that can prove they supply or market the goods or services mentioned in Articles L. 3261-3 and L. 3261-3-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-10-5-2

…s it, in particular on the basis of the number of integration jobs set by the agreement and the forecast number of terminations of inclusion open-ended employment contracts at the initiative of an emp…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Nordic cross-country skiing and related activities.

Article A212-192-5

The purpose of the aptitude test to which the Prefect may decide to subject the applicant in whole or in part, under the conditions laid down in article R. 212-90-1 and in 3° of article R. 212-93, is…

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