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Showing 47514760 of 45508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 786 · CA Rouen 8 January 2004 · Cass. com. 24 May 1976 · Cass. com. 16 January 2001 · Cass. com. 14 April 1992 · Cass. com. 15 December 2009 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014

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

Article R611-16

The designated inventor shall be mentioned as such in the publications of the patent application and in the patent specifications. If this cannot be done, he shall be mentioned in the copies of the pu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Interventional radiology activities

Article R6123-169

The provisions of sub-section 2 of section 7 of this chapter relating to cancer treatment activities are applicable to the holder of the authorisation under grades C and D when it carries out interven…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article R50-14

The claimant and the guarantee fund may inspect the file at the commission's secretariat and submit any observations they consider useful in examining the claim for compensation. The claimant and the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L121-14

The insured may not surrender the insured items, unless otherwise agreed.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Conciliation delegated to a judicial conciliator

Article 823

The notices sent to the parties by the court clerk specify that each party may appear before the conciliator with a person who is entitled to assist him before the judge. The parties are further advis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L7125-14

…er as a result of exercising his right to training under this section shall be compensated by the local authority up to a limit of eighteen days per elected member for the duration of the term of offi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 6: Shooting galleries for hunting weapons

Article A322-146

The Prefect may oppose the opening or order the closure of establishments or facilities that do not provide the safety guarantees required by this Code, after consulting the local representative bodie…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Coordination between judicial and administrative proceedings

Article R716-14

Where a counterclaim for invalidity or revocation of a trade mark is brought before a court subsequent to a claim brought between the same parties and in respect of the same facts before the National…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Access to detention facilities

Article L744-14

Representatives of humanitarian associations may be authorised to visit places of administrative detention.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-14

In the judgment adopting the plan or amending it, the court may decide that assets that it considers essential to the continuation of the business may not be disposed of, for a period that it fixes, w…

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