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Showing 49214930 of 21704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Mar. 2008 – no. 07-10.590

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article L612-7

…ing of the patent application for the application of the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 611-11.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation of the company

Article L4041-2

…thcare professionals employed by the company, of primary care activities as defined in article L. 1411-11 and, where applicable, secondary care activities as defined in article L. 1411-12 as well as o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles of organisation and operation of the body reception facility

Article R1261-12

…establishment and, where applicable, the associated establishment in application of article R. 1261-11, the partner public establishments in application of II of article R. 1261-19, or in training or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R2313-1

…tal repayment of debt/real operating revenue; 10° Gross capital expenditure/real operating revenue; 11° Outstanding debt/real operating revenue. In tourist communes that benefit from the lump-sum allo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-14

For the application of article L. 72-101-11, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be taken back to the operating section:- the proceeds from the sale of a fixed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-4-1

…aragraph of article L. 5422-12, or their third party declarants within the meaning ofarticle L. 133-11 of the Social Security Code, are recipients of the information and personal data processed, withi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Medical and psychological emergency units

Article R6311-30

…ing up the medico-psychological section of the zonal mobilisation plan mentioned in article L. 3131-11 ;2° Coordinating the mobilisation of the medical-psychological emergency units set up within the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office.

Article D2573-8

…for in II to XV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2123-1 and R. 2123-2 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 2123-3 and R. 2123-4 Decree no. 2003-836 of 1st September 2003R. 212…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-10-1

…ithin its remit.In the regions or inter-regions, it exercises the powers referred to in article L. 4112-4.It may decide to temporarily suspend the right to practise in the event of the professional's…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-9

…contract (provided within one month), flat rate independent of the number of pages 4.05 € 4.05 € MD 11 Copy of documents annexed to the subscription contract (supplied within one month), flat rate ind…

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