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Showing 46414650 of 36024 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 September 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 6 December 2005 · CA Paris 22 November 2007 · Cass. com. 15 January 2002 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 December 2005

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R*712-23-2

Failing an express decision within the time limit mentioned in article R. 712-23-1, the application is deemed to be rejected.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-13

A schedule of periods for submitting the visa applications referred to in Article L. 5122-9 is set for each year, by decision of the Director General of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L941-13

In article L. 145-13, the words: "subject to the provisions of the law of 28 May 1943 on the application to foreigners of the laws relating to leases for rent and farm leases" are deleted.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Organisation and operation

Article R6123-3-15

…efore the meeting. It shall be accompanied by the documents relating to the items on the agenda. In cases of urgency defined jointly by the Regional Prefect and the Chairman of the Regional Council fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1599 quater A bis

I. - The flat-rate tax mentioned in Article 1635-0 quinquies applies to rolling stock used on the public passenger transport lines mentioned in articles L. 2142-1 and L. 2142-2 of the Transport Code,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals staying as au pairs

Article R426-13

For the application of the third paragraph of article L. 426-22, standard models for the agreement and appendix are established by order of the minister responsible for immigration. The agreement sets…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Exemptions

Article D3335-15-1

…red to in the second paragraph of article L. 3335-4 are granted by the Préfet de département or, in Paris, by the Préfet de police or, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, by the Préfet de police d…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Use of labels

Article R2111-13

In the technical specifications, award criteria or performance conditions of a contract, the purchaser may require the economic operator to hold a particular label if it meets the conditions laid down…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Automatic exclusions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article L3123-13

…Persons who have been convicted by a final judgment of one of the offences provided for in Articles 226-13, 222-52 to 222-59 or 413-10 to 413-12 of the French Criminal Code, Articles L. 2339-2 to L. 2…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Hearings

Article L532-13

…d'asile may provide for the court hearing room to be linked, live, by a means of audiovisual communication that guarantees the confidentiality and quality of the transmission with a specially equipped…

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