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Showing 15311540 of 53735 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 January 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 20 December 2012 · Cass. com. 29 January 2002 · Cass. com. 3 May 2012

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R212-7-20

…have not been put into operation within three years of the notification provided for in article R. 212-7-18 or the date on which the authorisation is deemed to have been granted by virtue of article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Closure of the pharmaceutical record

Article R1111-20-9

…l'ordre des pharmaciens when the holder so requests under the conditions set out in article R. 1111-20-6. When the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens observes a situation or an event revealin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an individual basis

Article R5121-201-5

…referred to in Article L. 4211-9-1 or any pharmaceutical establishment referred to in Articles L. 5124-1 or L. 5124-9-1 shall set up and keep up to date a system ensuring the traceability of advanced…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Invalidity of acts for substantive irregularity.

Article 121

In cases where it is likely to be covered, nullity will not be pronounced if its cause has disappeared by the time the judge rules.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Resolution

Article 1224

Termination results either from the application of a resolutory clause or, in the event of sufficiently serious non-performance, from notification by the creditor to the debtor or from a court decisio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-4

…to authorise a signal distributor to represent a work under the conditions mentioned in article L. 122-2-4 may only be exercised by a collective management organisation.If this organisation is govern…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 5: Safeguard of justice.

Article 1252

…ourt protection are in danger of being jeopardised, the public prosecutor or the guardianship judge may take any protective measures and, in particular, request or order the affixing of seals. In the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Compensation for ecological damage

Article 1249

Compensation for environmental damage is primarily in kind. In the event that it is de jure or de facto impossible or that reparation measures are insufficient, the judge shall order the person respon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-20-1

…When the municipal council is renewed, the allowances of its members, with the exception of the mayor's allowance, are set by deliberation. This decision must be taken within three months of the i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-20

The additional insertion of the notice of meeting referred to in Article R. 225-67 in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires is applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on…

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