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Showing 14311440 of 39275 articles for Art. Décret 2013-392 du 10-5-2013

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-10

…natural disasters or missing persons who are the subject of searches under the article 26 de la loi du 21 janvier 1995 sus mentionnée et dont la mort est supposée. If it is impossible or refused to ta…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article L462-10

…ral or legal persons operating, directly or indirectly, one or more retail shops for mass-market products, or operating in the distribution sector as a central referencing or purchasing body for retai…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article L327-10

I.-To carry out its duties, the Audit Committee may be assisted by rapporteurs appointed from among the members of the Council of State and the body of advisors to administrative courts and administra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-10

Any European Company may convert into a public limited company if, at the time of the conversion, it has been registered for more than two years and has had the balance sheet for its first two financi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-10

…it may be given formal notice to do so by joint decision of the ministers responsible for higher education and health. This decision sets a deadline for the conclusion of the agreement; after this d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deeds relating to ownership and transfer of ownership

Article A444-101

…vice referred to in h of 4° of I of Article annex 4-9, sales of businesses, business components, production units, branches of business activity (number 68 in table 5) give rise, when they are subject…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-10

When, due to its legal form, the collective management organisation does not have a general meeting of its members, the powers of the latter, as provided for in article L. 323-6, are exercised by the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Dotation de soutien à l'investissement des départements (Departmental investment support grant)

Article L3334-10

…es and is made up of the sum of two fractions: 1° Up to 77% of the amount of the allocation after deduction of the quotas provided for in Ia, the first fraction is calculated as follows: > a) Up to 40…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-10

…nt shall be signed by the applicant or his representative. It shall contain: 1° The nature of the industrial property title applied for; 2° The title of the invention showing clearly and concisely the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Liability of establishments with regard to the property of residents

Article L1113-10

The procedures for implementing this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular :1° The conditions under which the institution's agents or the public accountants authori…

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