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Showing 79117920 of 60652 articles for Art. CISG adopted 11 April 1980 – in force for France 1 January 1988

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Steering Committee

Article R1418-17

The Steering Committee examines the Agency's medical and scientific policy with regard to ethical issues likely to arise in its field of competence, in particular when it is consulted on applications…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article 1578

The competence vested in bailiffs to issue the documents provided for in this code may be exercised in the Wallis and Futuna Islands by a representative of the administrative or military authority; th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-1

The Minister of the Interior may, by order, prohibit the individual or collective movement of persons claiming to be supporters of a team or behaving as such at the site of a sporting event and whose…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Obligations, liabilities and guarantees.

Article L522-15

General warehouse operators are responsible, within the limits of the declared value, for the custody and preservation of the warehouses entrusted to them. They are not liable for natural damage and w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Establishment of social and economic committees and works councils

Article L2313-1

…hment social and economic committees and a central company social and economic committee are set up in companies with at least fifty employees and at least two separate establishments.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-1

Persons who have been the subject of a final conviction for one of the offences referred to in articles 222-34 to 222-40,225-4-1,225-4-7,313-1,313-3,314-1,324-1,324-5,324-6,421-1 to 421-2-4,421-5,432-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-10

When an invention, which is the subject of a patent application or patent, is exploited for national defence purposes by the State or its suppliers, subcontractors and subcontractors, without an explo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil actions

Article L615-1

Any infringement of the patent owner's rights, as defined in Articles L. 613-3 to L. 613-6, constitutes an infringement.An infringement engages the civil liability of its perpetrator.However, the offe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-19

When credit institutions having their head office abroad open offices for information, liaison or representation, the opening of these offices must be notified in advance to the Autorité de contrôle p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-16

In the cases provided for in Articles L. 511-15 and L. 511-15-1, the funds repayable from the public referred to in Article L. 312-2 and the other repayable funds are repaid by the credit institution…

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