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Showing 511520 of 40503 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24 March 1999 · Cass. com. 13 February 2007 · Cass. com. 31 May 2011

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint ownership of patents

Article L613-31

The co-owner of a patent application or patent may notify the other co-owners that he is surrendering his share to them. With effect from the entry of such abandonment in the National Patent Register…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-7

…diovisual writing or directing provided by a French or European university or school;Other diplomas may also be accepted if they are relevant to the audiovisual training provided, with the exception o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional health plan zones

Article R1434-31

…f 2° of Article L. 1434-9 are delimited by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency. They may be common to several regions. This delimitation takes into account the geographical accessibilit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Salary

Article D6222-31

…able contractual or collective agreement provisions, the increases provided for in this sub-section may not result in the apprentice receiving a salary in excess of 100% of the minimum growth wage. Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article R6341-31

…Article L. 245-1 of the Code de l'action sociale et des familles, may be com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Pre-trial detention

Article D32-31

…his own motion or following a request for time from the person concerned or his lawyer, this judge may, in order to carry out the checks on the person's situation provided for by article 81, refer th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Entry into office, age limit and honorary membership

Article R742-31

…y duties with accuracy and probity and to observe in everything the duties they impose on me." They may only perform their duties from the day on which they take the oath. Any commercial court clerk w…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-13

Minutes are drawn up by the committee secretariat. They shall indicate the names and positions of the members present or represented, the dossiers examined during the meeting and the meaning of each o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Conditions relating to completion

Article 311-12

Audiovisual works are made, in a minimum proportion fixed by the decree of 21 May 1992 taken for the application ofarticle 6 of decree no. 90-66 of 17 January 1990 laying down the general principles c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-31

…n disclosure and free exploitation end more than one year after the date of filing, the application may not be made public under the conditions provided for in Article R. 612-39 only after the expiry…

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