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Showing 13111320 of 57361 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13 May 1997 · CA Rouen 2 December 1999

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-13

…ed ex officio in the National Patent Register: 1° The final decision mentioned in Article R. 614-6; 2° The submission of the translation and that of the revised translation of the claims of the patent…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Financing apprenticeships

Article R6261-13

…he apprenticeship tax is reduced to the rate mentioned in the second paragraph of II of Article L. 6241-1-1. The proceeds of the apprenticeship tax are earmarked for financing apprenticeships, in acco…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Management, administrative and executive bodies

Article L323-13

The procedures referred to in Article L. 323-12 provide in particular for the drawing up of an annual individual declaration by each of the members, who are natural persons, of the board of directors,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R322-132

…dertakings, are not required to obtain the administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 321-1 and are exempted from observing the management rules which would normally be applicable to them…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-13

…of undertakings for collective investment and investment funds referred to in 3° of I of Article L. 214-20 include units or shares of UCITS governed by French or foreign law or units or shares of FIAs…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Participation of private practitioners.

Article R6311-13

The medical call reception and regulation centre operates without interruption; it ensures a rapid and appropriate response to calls received. Doctors registered on the duty roster referred to in arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-13

The seventh and eighth paragraphs of Article L. 1615-2, the second paragraph of Article L. 1615-3, Articles L. 1615-7, L. 1615-10, L. 1615-11 and L. 1615-12 as well as the fourth paragraph of I of Art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Working conditions

Article R4141-13

…hey are exposed: 1° The safest ways of behaving and doing things, using demonstrations if possible; 2° The operating methods adopted if they have an impact on their safety or that of other workers; 3°…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-10

The judge may terminate the mediation at any time at the request of a party or on the initiative of the mediator.The judge may also terminate it ex officio when the proper conduct of the mediation app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Sentence adjustment procedure applicable to released prisoners

Article D147-13

…remaining sentence to serve, the information provided for in the penultimate paragraph of Article 721 is made by the sentence enforcement judge or, on the latter's instruction, by the prison integrat…

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