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Showing 22512260 of 56635 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1409 of 29-12-2023

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-12

…rmanently and continuously exploited and commercially distributed, in accordance with the practices of the profession.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Administrative schemes

Article L1333-12

The person responsible for a nuclear activity involving the management of radioactive waste or the release of radioactive effluents shall establish and implement an integrated management system for su…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L212-12

The rules relating to the compatibility of the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-7 with territorial coherence schemes are set out in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Firm prices

Article R2112-12

In contracts with instalments, the price of each instalment may be discounted under the conditions set out in articles R. 2112-10 and R. 2112-11. This discounting is carried out on the basis of the ec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisation and operation

Article R1431-12

The secretariat of the Conseil supérieur de la prud'homie is provided by the services of the Minister of Labour.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-12

…nd not to reveal or use information protected by law that has come to their knowledge in the course of their duties.The clerk of the judicial court shall note this oath, its date and place on the prof…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Lighting

Article R4223-12

The provisions of articles R. 4223-6, R. 4223-7, R. 4223-8, first paragraph, and R. 4223-10 do not apply to building and civil engineering operations as defined in article R. 4534-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Procedure

Article R4126-12

Unless the provisions of article R. 4126-5 are applied, the complaint or application and the documents attached thereto shall be communicated in their entirety to the parties in copy form. Where the v…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars

Article A743-12

I.-The services listed under numbers 116 to 136 of the table mentioned in article A. 743-8 give rise to the collection of the following fees:Service number the service (table 2 of article appendix 4-7…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-12

I. - Where the detention provided for by European Union regulations and relating to goods suspected of infringing a copyright or related right is implemented before an application by the right holder…

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