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Showing 601610 of 28866 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. avis 20-10-2022 n° 22-70.011

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Filing of international applications

Article L614-20

Inventions that are the subject of international applications filed with the National Institute of Industrial Property may not be disclosed and freely exploited until authorisation has been granted to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-22

I.-Local materiovigilance correspondents are responsible for: 1° Forwarding without delay, with the exception of the reports mentioned in b, to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-22

A practitioner meeting the criteria mentioned in articles R. 2142-10 and R. 2142-11 working in a medical biology laboratory authorised for the activities mentioned in c and d of 2° of article R. 2142-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Powers

Article L5842-22

I. - Article L. 5214-16, with the exception of VI and VII, and Articles L. 5214-16-1 to L. 5214-22 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the applic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Availability of beneficiaries' rights.

Article R3324-22

If the beneficiary has not opted for immediate availability, the cases in which, pursuant to article L. 3324-10, the rights accrued in favour of the beneficiaries may exceptionally be liquidated befor…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Termination of the transaction

Article L315-22

If the borrower defaults on the periodic repayment of interest, the lender may demand immediate repayment of interest that has fallen due but has not been paid.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Steering Committee

Article R1418-22

The duties of members of the Steering Committee, the Medical and Scientific Committee and the groups of experts are performed free of charge. Where their attendance at meetings results in a loss of in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and special schemes.

Article 208 septies

…he loi du 21 mars 1884 relative aux syndicats professionnels ou d'association relevant de la loi du 1er juillet 1901 relative au contrat d'association, au profit d'un organisme de défense et de gestio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-20

The total amount of aid granted for the production of a given feature film may not:1° Exceed 50% of the final production cost of this work and, in the case of an international co-production, 50% of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Crédit Mutuel.

Article R512-22

The decisions of the Board of Directors of the Confédération nationale du crédit mutuel shall state the reasons on which they are based and shall specify, where applicable, the conditions and deadline…

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