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Showing 28412850 of 47383 articles for Art. Cass. com. 19 June 2012 n° 11-13.176 · Cass. 1re civ. 3 December 1996 · Cass. com. 18 February 1997 · Cass. com. 19 March 2013 n° 11-26.566 · Cass. 3e civ. 28 February 2012 n° 11-10.705

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Management and information costs and costs relating to the tasks of skills operators

Article R6332-19

The expenditure referred to in article R. 6332-17 of the skills operator is allocated on a pro rata basis of the sums allocated within the framework of: 1° The sections referred to in article L. 6332-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 196 bis

…ation of one or more of the events or conditions mentioned in 4 to 6 of article 6, the situation on 31 December of the tax year is taken into account.The family expenses to be taken into account are t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-19

…maximum period of two months from receipt of the request, the committee referred to in Article R. 613-10 gives its opinion on the conditions for granting the exploitation licence, particularly as rega…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical applications

Article L1333-19

…se and protection of people exposed for medical purposes covered, where applicable, by articles L. 6313-1 to L. 6313-11 of the French Labour Code.Health professionals requesting medical diagnostic pro…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article L133-19

…of section 2 of this chapter are set out in the penultimate paragraph of article 88 of law no. 84-53 of 26th January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service. A municipality t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Holiday grants

Article L411-19

Holiday subsidies may be granted by the bodies mentioned in article L. 411-18, within the limits of their competence, to all persons covered by these bodies, their spouses, their cohabitees or their p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-19

I. - The following are not patentable:

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Personal sureties

Article L314-19

The independent guarantee defined in article 2321 of the French Civil Code may not be taken out in connection with credit covered by Chapters II and III of this Title..

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Solvency assessment

Article L313-19

The terms and conditions for applying the assessment of the borrower's creditworthiness are specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Account overdrafts

Article L341-19

The provisions of articles L. 341-1 to L. 341-9 and L. 341-12 to L. 341-18 apply to credit granted in the form of an overdraft authorisation repayable within a period of more than one month and less t…

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