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Showing 941950 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation at national level

Article R1114-19

The National Union has a national headquarters and regional delegations known as unions régionales des associations agréées d'usagers du système de santé. In accordance with the Union's articles of as…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-19

Within the time limit set by the President, the National Institute of Industrial Property shall communicate to the latter those items in its possession which may be disclosed without prejudice to the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-19

…ccount in a life insurance contract. The custodian referred to in Article L. 214-59 of the Monetary and Financial Code or the company referred to in Article L. 214-61 of the Monetary and Financial Cod…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article R822-19

The chairman and members of the commission are appointed by order of the minister responsible for consumer affairs for a three-year term, renewable once. This order designates an alternate for each fu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Harm reduction

Article R3411-19

The person responsible for placing the product on the market is entrusted with the management of the service of general economic interest for a maximum period of ten years.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-19

…estion or, where this is lower, the collective working time or the time stipulated in the contract, and the number of hours worked over the said period. For the application of this article, the legal…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Explanations provided to borrowers and assessment of their creditworthiness

Article L313-19

The terms and conditions for applying the assessment of the borrower's creditworthiness are specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-19

As soon as the filing provided for in

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-19

…or the debtor who is a natural person in order to obtain his observations.The order appointing the mandataire ad hoc shall define the purpose of his mission, specifying, if the debtor is an entreprene…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article D2335-19

Communes, local public establishments and public interest groupings submit their grant application to the State representative in the department, within twelve months of the police measure ordering th…

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