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Showing 30213030 of 46223 articles for Art. CA Paris 22 January 2013 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 November 1965 · Cass. 3e civ. 8 January 1992

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional transplant activities referred to in Article L. 162-30-5 of the Social Security Code

Article R6123-82

I.-For the purposes of article L. 162-30-5 of the French Social Security Code, the following are considered to be exceptional: 1° A graft with rare medical indications which, in the indication in ques…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-8

…e expiry of the electoral mandate, subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 722-6 and the third paragraph of article L. 722-11; 2° Of the abolition of the court; 3° Of resignati…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Detention of asylum seekers and transmission of their application to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPP)

Article R754-8

…nst the decisions to keep persons in detention referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 754-3 shall obey the rules defined in Chapter VII bis of Title VII of Book VII of the Code of Administra…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-8

…le L. 112-2 of this code, authors, composers and artists benefit from the privilege provided for in 3° of Article 2331 and in Article 2377 of the Civil Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XII: Enforcement procedures

Article 868-1

…sentence enforcement court in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 712-3.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-8

…from the State ; 2° Assistance it may receive from the territory or from public and private bodies; 3° A contribution from users according to their means; 4° Remuneration for services rendered; 5° Inc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coverage of apprenticeship contracts

Article D6332-83

…entres, the skills operator will pay for the ancillary costs of apprentice training provided for in 3° of I and II of article L. 6332-14 as follows: 1° Accommodation costs are covered per night for an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction specific to certain commercial courts

Article L721-8

Specifically designated commercial courts hear, where the debtor is engaged in a commercial or craft activity:1° Safeguard, receivership and compulsory liquidation proceedings referred to in Book VI,…

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

Article R370-8

I.-The agreement of the subscriber referred to in 2° of article L. 370-7 is constituted, when the contract is subscribed by a group of employers, by the agreement of this group, when the latter repres…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-8

…ich would be paid to them by the fund if the settlement were made by the latter, provided that they can prove : 1° That the guarantee fund has informed them, in accordance with article R. 421-6 : a) T…

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