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Showing 821830 of 56962 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-10-2014 n° 13-16.806

French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-13

The contracting authority shall indicate in the consultation documents the minimum requirements with which tenders must comply.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article L623-13

The term of protection shall be twenty-five years from the date of grant.For forest, fruit or ornamental trees, vines and perennial forage grasses and legumes, potatoes and inbred lines used for the p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formal notice to the debtor

Article 1344-2

Mandatory notice to deliver a thing places the risks on the debtor, if they are not already there.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Permanent derogation as of right.

Article L3132-13

In food retail outlets, the weekly rest period may be given on Sundays from 1 p.m. onwards. Employees under the age of twenty-one who live with their employers are entitled to another afternoon's comp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products

Article L744-13

I.-Subject to the adaptations in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-13

By way of derogation from the provisions of this sub-section, the full remuneration of the court-appointed administrator shall be determined in consideration of the expenses incurred and the diligence…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1 National diploma for thanatopractors (R)

Article D2223-131

The composition, role and operation of the Comité national d'évaluation de la formation pratique des thanatopracteurs mentioned in Article D. 2223-123 and the conditions for organising the examination…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1 National diploma for thanatopractors (R)

Article D2223-130

A joint order of the Minister of the Interior and the Minister of Health, published in the Official Bulletin of the Ministry of the Interior and the Official Bulletin of the Ministry of Health, sets t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions of access and practice

Article R519-13

Where a banking and payment services intermediary carries out intermediation activities in more than one of the categories mentioned in I of Article R. 519-4, he must demonstrate that he meets the hig…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for using the account

Article R4163-13

The first twenty points registered are reserved for the use referred to in 1° of I of article L. 4163-7, unless they are used for the professional retraining project referred to in 4° of I of the same…

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