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Showing 14811490 of 57361 articles for Art. Cass. com. 13 May 1997 · CA Rouen 2 December 1999

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-7

Failure to comply with an ethical obligation defined in this chapter may be grounds for the Chairman of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée to declare that the member is permanently una…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article L624-13

Goods sent to the debtor may be claimed as long as the tradition has not been carried out in his warehouses or in those of the commission agent charged with selling them on his behalf. Nevertheless, t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Preventive measures and resources

Article R4452-13

Reducing the risks of exposure to artificial optical radiation is based in particular on : 1° The use of alternative work processes which do not expose workers to artificial optical radiation or which…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan

Article L3334-13

The regulations of the collective retirement savings plan stipulate that part of the sums collected may be allocated to the acquisition of units in funds invested, within the limits stipulated in arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-13

Where an employee has an open-ended employment contract, this contract may, by agreement between the employee and the employer, be suspended for the duration of an apprenticeship contract with the sam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5221-13

The presentation at scientific or technical meetings, exhibitions and demonstrations of in vitro diagnostic medical devices which do not comply with the provisions of this Title is authorised provided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-3

…ules by means of a reasoned order. When he orders or extends pre-trial detention or rejects an application for release, the order must include a statement of the legal and factual considerations on th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-132

Shares carry a pre-emptive right to subscribe for capital increases.Shareholders have, in proportion to the amount of their shares, a pre-emptive right to subscribe for cash shares issued to carry out…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1136-13

Where an application for divorce or legal separation is lodged before the expiry of the term of the protection measures or where the protection order is issued while divorce or legal separation procee…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Resignation

Article R1237-13

…abandoned his post and intends to invoke the presumption of resignation provided for in article L. 1237-1-1 shall give him formal notice, by registered letter or by letter delivered personally against…

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