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Showing 56015610 of 23863 articles for Art. Cass. com. 17 February 1960 · Cass. 3e civ. 12 July 2000

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-56-1

…ts, the patent application shall be rejected in accordance with the provisions of 9° of article L. 612-12.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign nationals whose state of health requires medical treatment

Article R425-13

The college with national competence mentioned in article R. 425-12 is made up of three doctors; it issues an opinion under the conditions of the order mentioned in the first paragraph of the same art…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Submission of appeals

Article R532-7

…y of the original by a sworn translator under the conditions set out in articles R. 141-1 to R. 141-12.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-8

…holder or the company organises the collection of data by the prescribers mentioned in Article L. 5121-12-1. When the compassionate prescription framework concerns several medicinal products, the cos…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Labelling of magistral or officinal preparations intended for veterinary medicine.

Article R5132-18

…lank space of sufficient size. In addition, the labels must include the information provided for in 12° of article R. 5141-73, in black lettering on a red background. In all cases, these medicinal pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for accessing the shared medical record and the rights of the holder

Article R1111-48

…d medical record by a professional in the emergency situations provided for in I of article L. 1111-17. In the absence of opposition from the holder, in such situations, the healthcare professionals m…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presentation of contracts

Article R211-5

…ovisions shall apply without prejudice to the obligations incumbent on the trader under Articles 7, 12 and 13 of the aforementioned Regulation and Articles 48 and 81 to 83 of law no. 78-17 of 6 Januar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: List of diseases

Article D3113-8

…an haemorrhagic fevers; 9. Yellow fever; 10. Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers; 11. Acute hepatitis A; 12. Tick-borne encephalitis virus infection; 13. West Nile virus infection; 14. Invasive meningococc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deeds relating principally to loans, debts and securities involved in economic activity

Article A444-130

…according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 2.580% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.064% From €17,000 to €60,000 0.709% Over €60,000 0.532%

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Acts relating mainly to leases and the management of real estate and landed property

Article A444-105

…ng to the following scale:Tranches of assessment Applicable rate 0 to €6,500 3.281% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.805% From €17,000 to €30,000 1.231% Over €30,000 0.902%

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