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Showing 67216730 of 62366 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-3-1995 n° 147

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Withholding

Article L623-36

Apart from the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs authorities may, at the written request of the holder of a plant variety certificate, accompanied by proof of entitlement,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article L1115-3

The mobility organising authorities pursuant to I of article L. 1231-1 of the Transport Code, the municipalities continuing to organise mobility services pursuant to II of the same article L. 1231-1 a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-3

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the incident and whose statutory purpose includes defending or assisting children at risk and victims of all forms…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-30-2

To examine the application, the Chairman appoints one or more rapporteurs chosen from within or outside the Commission on the basis of their expertise in the fields for which registration is sought. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Drawing up and updating the national list of medical accident experts.

Article R1142-31-2

When the Commission receives an application from an expert to renew his registration, in addition to the conditions mentioned in article R. 1142-30-1, the rapporteur(s) appointed shall check that his…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conditions governing access to the judicial and legal professions for certain commercial court registrars.

Article R742-35

The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice may, on a proposal from the commission provided for in Article R. 742-36, grant the clerk referred to in Article R. 742-33 a partial exemption from the tra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-33

Each statutory audit practice structure must meet the following requirements: 1° Have the means enabling the statutory auditor: a) To adapt, according to the scope of the assignment, the time and huma…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Special delegation

Article L2121-38

The powers of the special delegation are limited to acts of purely conservatory and urgent administration. Under no circumstances is it permitted to commit municipal finances beyond the available reso…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D3141-33

The holiday pay referred to in article L. 3141-3 is calculated by multiplying one twenty-fifth of the hourly wage defined in article D. 3141-32 by twice the number of hours worked during the reference…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-33

Independent of teaching expenses, the cost of which is borne by the regional budget, the travel and subsistence expenses of the president and members of the regional economic, social and environmental…

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