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Showing 17711780 of 57536 articles for Art. L 141-17 · Cass. com. 19 May 1998 · Cass. com. 24 May 2005 n° 784 · Cass. com. 15 May 1973 · Cass. com. 24 May 2011 n° 10-18.074 · Cass. 1re civ. 15 October 2014 n° 13-24.984

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional pharmacovigilance centres

Article R5121-158

The regional pharmacovigilance centres carry out vigilance missions relating to health products under the conditions defined in article R. 1413-61-4.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Community liabilities

Article 1414

The earnings and wages of a spouse may only be seized by his or her spouse's creditors if the obligation was incurred for the maintenance of the household or the education of the children, in accordan…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: The order for payment.

Article 1412

The debtor may oppose the order for payment.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-155

Subject to the provisions of this Book, the articles of tontines must specify: 1° The conditions governing the formation and duration of associations in the event of survival and of associations in th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-15-1

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may make a recommendation or issue an injunction to payment institutions to ensure that they have sufficient capital for payment services, in parti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4451-15

I.-The employer shall carry out measurements in the workplace when the results of the risk assessment show that exposure is likely to reach or exceed one of the following levels: 1° For the whole body…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Regional school equipment grants

Article R4332-15

After the Finance Bill has been deposited on the National Assembly's desk and before 15 October each year at the latest, the regional prefect informs the region of the provisional amount of the region…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-15-1

Where a breeder cannot obtain or exploit a plant variety right without infringing an earlier patent, he may request the grant of a licence under that patent insofar as such licence is necessary for th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B

I. - Industrial, commercial or agricultural businesses taxed on the basis of their actual profits or exempt pursuant to Articles 44 sexies, 44 sexies A, 44 octies A, 44 duodecies, 44 terdecies to 44 s…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-15-1

A national of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area authorised to exercise the activity of sports agent in one of these States may ent…

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