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Showing 48714880 of 11432 articles for Art. CE 17-10-1990 n° 56991

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-5

…pain of foreclosure, the declaration must be made, at the latest, two years after the entry into force of the aforementioned loi n° 90-1052 du 26 novembre 1990. No one may be entered on the list provi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice.

Article L743-12

…ndividual basis, as an employee of a natural or legal person holding a commercial court clerk's office, in the form of professional non-trading companies or in the form of self-employed companies as p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Maintenance of the National Register of Companies

Article R123-319

…s and professions authorised to know about it pursuant to the dispositions de l'article 2 du décret n° 2019-341 du 19 avril 2019 relatif à la mise en œuvre de traitements comportant l'usage du numéro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-18

In application of the fifth paragraph of l'article 720, the President of the Enforcement Division of the Court of Appeal may be requested to do so by the offender or the Public Prosecutor, or may do s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-19

Compulsory release does not apply to persons undergoing sentence adjustment while in prison, except where they benefit from outside placement under the supervision of prison staff under the conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Authorisation of experts

Article R2315-52

…ons of accreditation of the bodies mentioned in Article R. 2315-51 ; 2° The terms and conditions of certification of the experts mentioned in article L. 2315-96, taking into account, in particular, th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Authorisation of experts

Article R2315-51

…rt that the social and economic committee may call upon, in application of article L. 2315-94, is a certification proving his skills. This certification is issued by a certification body accredited by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Authorisation of experts

Article R2315-52

…ons of accreditation of the bodies mentioned in Article R. 2315-51 ; 2° The terms and conditions of certification of the experts mentioned in article L. 2315-94, taking into account, in particular, th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 10: Reimbursement of costs and expenses

Article A743-18

…ses mentioned in a of 5° of I of article Annex 4-8 shall be reimbursed at a flat rate for the distance travelled on both the outward and return journeys, equal to the price of: 1° 1st class carriage i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Derogations relating to direct allocations based on the production conditions of cinematographic works

Article 919-65

For direct grants awarded in 2023 in application of article 221-14, the ceiling on the total amount of grants awarded to a single distribution company, mentioned in article 221-15, is raised to €237,0…

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