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Showing 50315040 of 20930 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 3e – 13 Feb. 1974 – no. 72-14008

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agency System Steering Committee

Article R1411-58-1

…The Director General for Research and Innovation;12° The Director General for Overseas Territories;13° Le directeur central du service de santé des armées ;14° The Chief Executive Officer of the Inst…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-8 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 822-29)

Article Annexe 8-8

…es of civil liability as defined in Article L. 822-17 and in the second paragraph of article L. 823-13 which he may incur. Article 2 The following are excluded from the cover provided for in Article 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Online sales of corrective lenses and corrective ocular contact lenses

Article R4362-14

…procedure provided for in Article L. 5212-2 ; 3° The information provided for in Article 19 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004, both for the company in charge of the distance-selling activity and fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4351-2

…nes; 12° Assessment of pain and implementation of pain prevention, relief and treatment techniques; 13° Written and oral transmission to healthcare professionals of all information relating to the cou…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-1

…ofessional agreements satisfying the conditions of this article made in application of articles L. 213-28 to L. 213-37 and L. 251-5 to L. 251-13 of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée, the conditi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1

…State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.III. - With the exception of Articles L. 133-11 to L. 133-13 and II of Article L. 133-14, the provisions of this chapter apply if the payee's…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1

…ollowing shall apply in New Caledonia:1° The provisions of Book I with the exception of Articles R. 133-1, R. 133-2 (4°) and R. 135-1 to R. 135-4 ;2° The provisions of Book II in their wording, for th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-1

…From 2020, the share of the development grant mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 2334-13 and intended for the communes of the overseas departments, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Education

Article L4424-2

…of the national public education service under the conditions set out in articles L. 421-23 et L. 913-1 of the Education Code. The second and third paragraphs of this article shall apply from 1 Janua…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L773-14

…ng resulting from L. 518-2 with the exception of the last two sentences of its second paragraph Act no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 518-2-1 Order no. 2009-15 of 8 January 2009 L. 518-3 Order no. 2000…

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