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Showing 77517760 of 56854 articles for Art. Cass. com. 31-1-2017 n° 14-29.474

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

Article L7125-15

The articles L. 7125-12 à L. 7125-14 do not apply to study trips by councillors to the Assembly. The deliberations relating to these trips specify their purpose, which must be directly related to the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-10-1

Continuing training is compulsory for industrial property attorneys registered on the list mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 422-1. The Compagnie nationale des conseils en propriété indus…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-10-1

The undertakings mentioned in 3° of I of Article L. 310-2 are foreign undertakings having their registered office in the Swiss Confederation and mentioned in 2° and 3° of Article L. 310-1. For the app…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligation and conditions of registration

Article L211-18-1

Professionals who are not established in a Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who sell or offer for sale the services menti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-4

When it is drawn up at the request of a patient with a view to use in another Member State of the European Union, the prescription of one of the medicinal products mentioned in 6°, 14° and 15° of Arti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-18

The report of the Board of Directors or the Management Board to the Extraordinary General Meeting called to vote on the conversion provided for in articles L. 228-12, L. 228-14 and in the second parag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts

Article L721-15

In Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (French overseas departments note-issuing bank) provides public accountants, at the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers of the Board of Directors of the joint association

Article R2135-15

Each employee trade union organisation has two votes. Each professional employers' organisation has a number of votes proportional to its audience at national and cross-industry level determined under…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-3

I.-The period of traditional medical use provided for in 4° of Article L. 5121-14-1 is thirty years, including at least fifteen years in a Member State of the European Community or in another State pa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 7: Executors.

Article 1028

The executor is called into question in the event of a dispute over the validity or execution of a will or legacy. In all cases, he or she intervenes to support the validity or demand the execution of…

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