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Showing 43214330 of 28173 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7-7-2015 n° 14-11.644

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Additional remuneration

Article R1435-9-7

For the signatory of the contract for commencing practice practising in the speciality of general medicine, the income from the activity mentioned in article R. 1435-9-6, derived from self-employed he…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-7-1

I.-The number of women and men to be appointed at each renewal, as well as the drawing of lots provided for in the fourth paragraph of this article, shall be determined six months before the expiry of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-7

Infringement may be proven by any means. To this end, any person having standing to bring an infringement action is entitled to have carried out in any place and by any bailiffs, where appropriate ass…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-112-1

When the information gathered while a person is in police custody reveals that he or she is the subject of a legal protection measure, the judicial police officer or agent shall notify the curator or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-7-2

Applications for guarantees are sent to the body referred to in article L. 432-2 , which examines them and submits them to the Commission des garanties et du crédit au commerce extérieur (Guarantees a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-7

The liberty and custody judge of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the premises to be visited are located or the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court provided for by the decree r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-7-1

The owner of a building or establishment whose wastewater comes from uses of water that are considered to be domestic in application ofarticle L. 213-10-2 of the Environment Code is entitled, at his r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-176-7

The forest holdings of a forest investment group are divided into at least two separate management units at least twenty kilometres apart. The share of one of these management units may not exceed 60%…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Provisions applicable to categories of securities being phased out.

Article L228-35-7

In the event of a capital increase through contributions in cash, holders of non-voting preference shares are entitled to preferential subscription rights under the same conditions as ordinary shareho…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-7

In companies subject to the obligation to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 of the Labour Code and which, at the end of the last financial year, fell into the category of small and…

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