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Showing 22212230 of 43523 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 18 April 1967 · Cass. civ. 25 March 1992 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 December 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 June 2011

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mission to encourage the development of legal supply and to monitor the lawful and unlawful use of works and objects protected by copyright or neighbouring rights on electronic communications networks

Article L331-18

…ll give an account of the mission provided for in this article in the report referred to in Article 18 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication.>

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial and accounting system

Article R7345-18

…the State; 2° Operating costs; 3° Expenditure on the acquisition of movable and immovable property; 4° In general, all expenditure necessary for the accomplishment of its missions.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-18

Persons liable for the contribution provided for in I of Article L. 245-6 of the Social Security Code and persons liable for value added tax pursuant to Article 256 A of the General Tax Code who make…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-15

…ot made any observations known. However, decisions relating to the matters listed at 7°, 10°, 13°, 14° and 15° of article D. 112-14 become enforceable one month after their receipt by the ministers re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L632-9

Where the activities of a trading platform referred to in Article L. 420-1 that has installed access arrangements in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreeme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-157

…pansion work on a built property, carried out during a twelve-month financial year, must not exceed 15% of the market value of the property assets of the non-trading property investment company as sho…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-4

…OUNT and number of contracts where the policyholder has been identified as deceased (article L. 132-9-2) NUMBER OF CONTRACTS settled and annual amount (article L. 132-9-2) NUMBER OF DEATHS CONFIRMED o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-18

…nd at his own expense, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6353-3, is punishable by a fine of 4,500 euros.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of candidates

Article L1441-18

…presentatives of the organisations to which seats have been allocated in application of article L. 1441-4. This list is submitted by electronic means under conditions determined by decree.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-184

Without prejudice to the obligations laid down in Articles R. 5121-138 to R. 5121-142, the packaging of a blood-derived medicinal product includes three detachable labels, separate from the informatio…

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