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Showing 39513960 of 48231 articles for Art. Cass. com. 26 April 1984 · Cass. com. 4 May 1982 · CA Grenoble 21 December 2006

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-48

…d after partial acceptance, the person who reimburses the sum for which the letter was not accepted may require that this reimbursement be mentioned on the letter and that he be given a receipt for it…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Liberal practice partnerships

Article R422-47

…ner of a private practice company set up to practise the profession of industrial property attorney may be excluded from it in the event of a final disciplinary sanction having the effect of temporari…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Civil action

Article L621-4

…all specify the rate of the penalty and the date from which it begins to run.The adjournment, which may only occur once, may be decided even if the accused does not appear in person.The judge may orde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article R2315-42

…nite date of receipt within thirty days of receiving the information referred to in article R. 2315-41. He shall give an analysis of the situation and specify any measures envisaged.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures and arrangements

Article D1413-49

…all draw up a list of national reference centres for a period of five years, specifying, where applicable, whether they are designated as "coordinating laboratory", "associated laboratory" or "expert…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Additional requirements for mobile work equipment

Article R4324-40

…uipment is fitted with a braking and stopping device. Where safety so requires, particularly in the case of equipment with a heavily loaded braking system, an emergency device operated by easily acces…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Control of work permits

Article R5221-43

The provisions of articles R. 5221-41 and R. 5221-42 do not apply when the foreign national provides the employer with proof of registration on the jobseekers' list issued by the institution referred…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Hospital duties for medical students.

Article R6153-47

During the period defined in article R. 6153-46, medical students complete thirty-six months of training, including the annual leave provided for in article R. 6153-58, the terms of which are determin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 undecies: Companies located in dynamic urban areas

Article 44 sexdecies

…ban areas to be revitalised defined in II, companies that are created between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023 and, when they are located in the communes mentioned in the sixth paragraph of the sam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-4

The contract concluded, in application of article L. 6154-4, between the practitioner and the director of the health care organisation specifies, in particular, the terms and conditions under which th…

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