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Showing 40114020 of 56702 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 30-1-1970 n° 68-12.096

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-12-1

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Residence conditions for in-patient prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article R3214-17

Articles R. 322-28, R. 322-29 and R. 322-30 of the Penitentiary Code set out the provisions for maintaining relations between prisoners in the specially adapted unit and the outside world.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article D632-1-1

The agreements mentioned in article L. 632-7 are published in the Journal officiel de la République française.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Workshops and integration projects.

Article L5132-15-1

Workshops and integration projects, whatever their legal status, may conclude fixed-term contracts with unemployed people experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in application o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Income tax

Article 170 bis

Sont assujetties à la déclaration prévue au 1 de l'article 170, quel que soit le montant de leur revenu:1° Les personnes qui possèdent un avion de tourisme ou un véhicule de tourisme au sens de l'arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-27-1

At the end of the count, the election organisation committee draws up minutes for each election, drawn up in accordance with a model set by order of the supervisory minister signed by its chairman and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-1

Notwithstanding the provisions of Act 68-678 of 26 July 1968 on the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-69-1

In the event of an additional request by the Haute Autorité de santé during the assessment of the application referred to in Article R. 5121-68, where applicable on a proposal from the Agence national…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-14

The Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the National Council, after hearing the parties concerned and gathering all relevant information, shall propose a solution to the dispute if the parties have been unab…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-18

A performance contract is a contract by which the author of an intellectual work and his successors in title authorise a natural or legal person to perform the said work under conditions that they det…

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