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Showing 26012610 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R4134-18

The regional economic, social and environmental council may comprise one or two sections. In addition to the members of the regional economic, social and environmental council appointed under conditio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Prohibitions

Article R4313-18

…aning or form, or both, of the CE marking is prohibited. Other markings may be affixed to machinery and personal protective equipment provided that the visibility, legibility and meaning of the CE mar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: National metrology and testing laboratory

Article R823-18

Revenue and imprest accounts may be set up in the establishment under the conditions laid down in the decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R*322-106-1

…med contrary to the provisions of articles R. 322-93, R. 322-95 to R. 322-97, R. 322-99, R. 322-101 and R. 322-105 is null and void.However, neither the company nor the members may rely on the aforeme…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-18

I. - The subscriber file mentioned in Article L. 2224-11-4 implemented for the invoicing of water and sanitation by the delegatee of a public water or sanitation service includes the elements necessar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Coverage of skills development initiatives for companies with fewer than fifty employees

Article D6332-39

…rs may, under the financial section referred to in 2° of article L. 6332-3 , cover the remuneration and statutory and collectively agreed social security contributions of employees of companies with f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-12

…one or more of these properties, the co-undivided co-owners benefit from the rights of pre-emption and substitution provided for by the articles 815-14 to 815-16 and 815-18 of this code. The agreemen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Scope of negotiations

Article L2312-19

…Article L. 2232-12 or, in the absence of a trade union delegate, an agreement between the employer and the Social and Economic Committee, adopted by a majority of the full members of the Committee's…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-19

…inion on the conditions for granting the exploitation licence, particularly as regards its duration and scope. This opinion is notified to the licence applicant as well as to the patent owner and, whe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article D712-30

…e Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks of 14 April 1891, as amended, and its Protocol of 27 June 1989, as amended, the Institute shall send the alert electronically with…

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