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Showing 34713480 of 20648 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 1re – 16 July 1998 – no. 96-18404

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition by creditors

Article R221-44

…R. 221-16 to R. 221-19.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-11

…ncluded in the state of the art for the implementation of the methods referred to in Article L. 611-16, provided that its use for any of those methods is not comprised in the state of the art. The sec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R773-33

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 548-2no. 2014-1053 of 16 September 2014R. 548-3No. 2022-1230 of 14 September 2022R. 548-4 to R. 548-7no.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R774-33

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 548-2no. 2014-1053 of 16 September 2014R. 548-3No. 2022-1230 of 14 September 2022R. 548-4 to R. 548-7no.…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R775-32

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 548-2no. 2014-1053 of 16 September 2014R. 548-3No. 2022-1230 of 14 September 2022R. 548-4 to R. 548-7no.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Appeal by the Public Prosecutor at the Cour de cassation

Article 639-3

The appeal provided for in Article 18 of Law no. 67-523 of 3 July 1967 shall be lodged by reasoned application by the Public Prosecutor, filed at the registry of the Cour de cassation; it shall be dir…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L131-2

Sports federations are constituted in the form of associations, in accordance with the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association or, in the departments of Haut-Rhin, Bas-Rhin and Mo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-63

…nsurance companies governed by the Insurance Code, non-profit associations governed by the law of 1 July 1901 or the local law applicable in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, as well…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to employee participation in general meetings or section or branch meetings

Article L2363-18

…conditions provided for in article 4 of article 59 of Council Regulation (EC) n° 1435 / 2003 of 22 July 2003 on the Statute for a European Cooperative Society, the possibility to provide in the artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L4031-1

…and Mayotte.The regional unions of health professionals are associations governed by the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association. Their articles of association comply with standar…

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