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Showing 55515560 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R1112-81

I. - The committee is composed as follows 1° The legal representative of the establishment or the person appointed for this purpose ; 2° Two mediators and their alternates, appointed by the legal repr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Banking service providers

Article L775-8

…e L. 6148-5 of the French Public Health Code do not apply; 4° In article L. 513-25, article L. 238-39 of the Commercial Code does not apply to sociétés de crédit foncier.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-8-6

The procedures for applying articles L. 324-8-1 to L. 324-8-5, in particular the procedures for exercising the right to object provided for in article L. 324-8-2, the procedures for issuing and withdr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation and operation

Article D4632-8

The employment adviser acts in the workplace in order to: 1° Ensure the well-being of workers in the company and facilitate their adaptation to work; 2° Study, in particular, the problems raised by th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mutual certificates

Article L322-26-9

I.-Mutualist certificates are redeemable only in the event of the liquidation of the issuer and after all preferential, unsecured and subordinated creditors have been paid in full. Redemption is made…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article L441-8

When an insurance undertaking carries out operations falling within the scope of Article L. 441-1, it must keep subsidiary allocation accounts for each agreement.The assets corresponding to these tran…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Use of ecolabels

Article R2311-8

Where the performance or functional requirements include environmental characteristics, these may be defined by reference to all or part of an ecolabel, provided that:1° That the ecolabel is appropria…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-8

Any filing that does not include at least one copy of the application for registration containing the mention provided for in a of 1° of Article R. 512-3 and at least one copy of the graphic or photog…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Health and Autonomy Conference

Article D1442-8

The following persons participate in the work of the Health and Autonomy Conference and its various committees in an advisory capacity:1° The Prefect of Guadeloupe, the State representative for Saint-…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ACCOMMODATION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article R552-8

If the asylum seeker accepts the offer of accommodation, the Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration (French Office for Immigration and Integration) will inform them of the place to which…

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