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Showing 21812190 of 19906 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 17 Dec. 2002 – no. 98-21918

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-18-1

…decision is taken on the application for registration referred to in Articles R. 512-15 and R. 512-17 within six months of its submission. This period is interrupted, where applicable, by the notific…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-1

…fter referred to as the "Unified Patent Jurisdiction Agreement"; 3° Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent pro…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Grace Period.

Article 510

…fter service of a summons or act of seizure or from the hearing provided for by the article R. 3252-17 of the French Labour Code, as appropriate, the enforcement judge has jurisdiction to grant a peri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: The situation of employees during the observation period.

Article R631-26

The order issued by the official receiver pursuant to article L. 631-17 indicates the number of employees whose redundancy is authorised as well as the activities and professional categories concerned…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Continuous post-operative monitoring.

Article D6124-101

Patients admitted to a post-interventional monitoring room are cared for by one or more paramedical staff, or midwives for the procedures provided for in 1° of article D. 6124-98, assigned exclusively…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obstetrics, neonatology, neonatal resuscitation.

Article D6124-41

The birthing unit has at least one obstetric surgery room, which can be used for any abdomino-pelvic surgery related to pregnancy or childbirth requiring general or loco-regional anaesthesia, includin…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Notification to the assigning accountant

Article R2191-55

…e assigning public accountant designated in the contract in the form provided for in article R. 313-17 of the said code.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Procedure for recognition of statelessness

Article R582-3

…teless Persons is notified to the person concerned under the conditions laid down in Article R. 531-17.In the event of a decision recognising stateless status, the Director General of the Office infor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Secondment to another company

Article D5213-86

…one year of the termination of his contract, from the priority hiring mentioned in article L. 5213-17 if he expresses the wish to return to the adapted enterprise.In this case, the adapted enterprise…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-7

…iament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/ EC and Directive 2011/61/ EU, for the application of the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 6…

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