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Showing 65016510 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Regional commission for liberal professions

Article R6154-16

The members of the Regional Commission for Private Practice are appointed for three years by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. If they lose the capacity in which they were appointed,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Regional commission for liberal professions

Article R6154-19

Each year, the Regional Commission for Private Practice draws up a report on all its activities. The report is sent to the Director General of Healthcare Provision and to the Director General of the R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Regional commission for liberal professions

Article R6154-15

The regional commission for private practice carries out the tasks set out in article L. 6154-5-1. The matter may be referred to this commission by a private practice commission of an establishment, o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-3

I.-For each book, the publisher is required to report to the author on the calculation of his remuneration in an explicit and transparent manner.To this end, the publisher shall send the author, or ma…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-2

I.-The publisher is obliged to ensure the permanent and ongoing exploitation of the book published in printed or digital form. II.-The transfer of exploitation rights in printed form is automatically…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-4

I.-The publishing contract is terminated at the author's or publisher's initiative if, for two consecutive years beyond a period of four years after the publication of the work, the statements of acco…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L461-1

For the application of article L. 412-6 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the words: "in Article 38 of EU Regulation No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 De…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Preliminary provisions

Article R1143-1

The group action provided for by Article L. 1143-1 shall be brought and governed in accordance with the rules laid down by the Code of Civil Procedure or the Code of Administrative Justice, depending…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Exequatur

Article 1487

The arbitral award may only be enforced by virtue of an exequatur order issued by the court within whose jurisdiction the award was made.The procedure relating to the application for exequatur is not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Elections and operation of regional and inter-regional councils.

Article R4124-1-1

The regional or inter-regional council elects from among its members the members who make up the restricted panel called upon to deliberate in the cases provided for in the fourth paragraph of article…

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