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Showing 49614970 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 Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-18

…recruits, appoints and manages the civil servants whose status is governed by decree no. 98-695 of 30 July 1998, amended by decree no. 99-242 of 26 March 1999, relating to the special status of resea…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to decisions taken by professional leagues

Article R132-18

Pursuant to II of article 21 of the law of 12 April 2000 and by way of exception to the application of the two-month period provided for in the first paragraph of I of this article, the period on expi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Designation of the inventor and claim of ownership.

Article R611-18

An action to claim ownership of a patent application or patent shall be entered in the National Patent Register at the request of the person who brought the action. If the court decision is in favour…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Distance supply of financial services to a consumer

Article L752-18

…ed in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 343-1 law no. 2014-344 of 17 March 2014 L. 343-2Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 II.-For the ap…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Distance supply of financial services to a consumer

Article L753-18

…ed in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 343-1 law no. 2014-344 of 17 March 2014 L. 343-2Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017 II.-For the ap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Delegation of territorial chambers of commerce and industry

Article R711-18

Where the existence of areas of economic activity within the boundaries of a territorial chamber of commerce and industry makes this necessary, delegations corresponding to administrative boundaries m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article R4221-18

A pharmacist whose right to practise is suspended pursuant to article L. 4221-18 may be assisted by one or more persons of his choice when he is heard by the administrative authority that imposed the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions

Article L312-18

An order of the Minister for the Economy, issued after consultation with the Autorité des marchés financiers, sets the conditions under which credit institutions and investment firms authorised in ano…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compliance with environmental obligations

Article 122-18

Companies applying for financial assistance for the production of long or short cinematographic works or for the production of audiovisual works in the fiction or documentary genre must submit the fol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-18

…tise in the field of child psychiatry; 2° A doctor with expertise in the field of neuropaediatrics; 3° Three people with expertise in the fields of personal injury compensation and medical liability;…

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