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Showing 42614270 of 35538 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. – 4 Apr. 2024 – no. 21-22.949

French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article R341-4

The general rules governing the mooring policy referred to in article L. 341-13, applicable to the public river and maritime domains, are defined in a set of regulations drawn up, depending on the cas…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-4

Without prejudice to specific provisions on the method of indicating the origin of foodstuffs, the indication of the country of origin is mandatory for agricultural and food products and seafood produ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-43

For the application of Article R. 612-42 (1° and 2°), a derived crop is any crop that still has the characteristics of the registered crop that are essential for implementing the invention. The undert…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-41

…e overseas departments receive a share of the urban policy allocation provided for in article L. 2334-40. This share is calculated by applying to the total amount of the urban policy allocation the ra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personnel.

Article L5323-4

…mise their independence.The aforementioned employees are subject to articles 25 to 25 octies of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 relating to the rights and obligations of civil servants.Persons who occa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-41

…ent, pharmacist or pharmacy student belonging to one of the categories mentioned in article R. 6153-43. The list of unfilled posts for interns or residents located in centres or structures approved in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-4

…f length and production costs: 1° Audiovisual works belonging to the fiction genre must be at least 45 minutes long and have a production cost of at least 5,000 euros per minute produced. However, in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-4

…valent;c) One representative of staff with training and research responsibilities covered by Decree no. 2006-733 of 23 June 2006 relating to senior technical or scientific posts at the Institut nation…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article D1611-41

1° For the application of Article L. 1611-3-2, local authorities, their groupings and local public establishments whose debt-reduction capacity, defined as the ratio between outstanding debt at the ba…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article R5221-4

…tic medical device intended by the manufacturer to be used by the public in a domestic environment; 4° Device undergoing a performance evaluation: any in vitro diagnostic medical device subjected by t…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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