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Showing 44414450 of 6535 articles for Art. CA Rennes – 17 Dec. 2024 – no. 23/05277

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-193

The formalities carried out in relation to the seizure of immovable property and licitation by judicial auction give rise to the collection of the following fees: NUMBER OF THE SERVICE (table 6 of art…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6113-7

Persons receiving care in the establishment are informed by means of the welcome booklet or another written document:1° That data concerning them is processed automatically under the conditions laid d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-7-1

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: The Higher Council for Mountain Sports

Article D142-28

…nd Mountain Clubs; 4° The President of the French Hiking Federation; 5° The President of the French Canoeing Federation; 6° The President of the Fédération sportive et gymnique du travail ; 7° The pre…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the supervisory authorities by groups.

Article L356-21

…e purposes of group supervision. The provisions of this paragraph are without prejudice to the application of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on data processing, data files and individual liberties. I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial and accounting provisions.

Article D1142-59-1

The Etablissement français du sang mentioned in article L. 1222-1 includes the allocation mentioned in 7° of article L. 1142-23 in its budget each year. In order to determine the amount, the Office na…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-8

Customs officers, New Caledonian officials responsible for applying the regulations on the fight against doping and the protection of athletes' health, and officers and agents of the criminal investig…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-18

…ys of the date of receipt by the two authorities mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 114-17, unless one or other of them has made known its reasoned disagreement.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-1

…der the conditions laid down in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012. The European patent with unitary effect takes effect in France on the day of publi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4: Undivided usufruct.

Article 815-18

The provisions of articles 815 to 815-17 are applicable to undivided interests in usufruct insofar as they are compatible with the rules of usufruct. The notifications provided for by articles 815-14,…

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