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Showing 46214630 of 45698 articles for Art. Décret 81-255 du 3-3-1981

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification of the decision

Article R4126-35

…nalties provided for in 3° and 4° of article L. 4124-6 or to disbarment, is entrusted with teaching duties, the decisions and orders shall be communicated, as soon as they have become final and enforc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Legal enjoyment

Article 386-4

Legal enjoyment does not extend to property:1° Which the child may acquire through his work;2° Which is given or bequeathed to him under the express condition that the parents will not enjoy it;3° Whi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central bodies

Article L511-30

…gricole S.A., the central body of savings banks and banques populaires, the Confédération nationale du crédit mutuel.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-3

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering where the works, supplies or services can only be provided by a specific economic operator, for one of the followi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Seizures

Article A444-37

The right to institute proceedings provided for in article A. 444-15 the services listed under the following numbers in table 3-2: 1° Number 135 (formal notice to regularise the sale); 2° Number 137 (…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 8: Miscellaneous

Article A444-33

…idence or place of work, in accordance with the provisions of article 659 of the code of civil procedure, appearing at number 130 in table 3-1, shall give rise to the collection of a fee of €14.90.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-13

Any person who, having consented to medically assisted procreation, does not recognise the resulting child is liable to both the mother and the child. In addition, his paternity is judicially declared…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisional and protective measures

Article R615-3

The period provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 615-3 and given to the claimant to appeal on the merits through civil or criminal proceedings, or to lodge a complaint with the public prose…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 19: Monitoring temperatures in means of transport and warehousing and storage premises for quick-frozen foodstuffs

Article R412-35

The provisions of Articles 1 to 3 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 37/2005 of 12 January 2005 on the monitoring of temperatures in the means of transport, warehousing and storage of quick-frozen foods…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial representatives who are members of the Commission nationale d'inscription et de discipline (National Registration and Disciplinary Commission)

Article R812-3

The provisions set out in articles R. 811-3, R. 811-4, R. 811-5 and R. 811-6 relating to elections to the national commission of court-appointed administrators and their alternates are applicable to e…

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