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Showing 861870 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
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-24

If the owner or keeper does not submit his sample intact within the time limit set by the examining magistrate, the sample is no longer taken into account. In this case, the two experts are assigned t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Protection of representatives

Article L7343-15

Where the administrative court annuls the decision of the authority referred to in Article L. 7345-1 authorising the termination of the contract concluded between a platform and a representative appoi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules governing the operations of sociétés de crédit foncier (building societies)

Article L513-15

Loans, exposures, similar claims, securities and deposits, bonds or other resources provided for in article L. 513-2 may only be managed or collected by a credit institution or finance company that ha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Falsified medicinal products

Article L5421-15

Attempts to commit the offences referred to in article L. 5421-13 shall be subject to the same penalties.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-24

At least one-twentieth of the cooperative's operating surpluses is deducted annually to form a reserve fund. The remainder of the operating surplus is, by decision of the Members' Meeting, placed in r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions specific to certain institutions and organisations.

Article L6147-15

The Minister for Defence is consulted prior to any dissolution, as provided for in 3° of article L. 6133-9, of a health cooperation grouping in which an army hospital or other element of the army heal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-155

Article L. 214-144 applies to specialised professional funds. The subscription and acquisition of units or shares may also be carried out by investors who are managers, employees or natural persons ac…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment terms

Article L441-15

I.-Any professional operating in an economic sector mentioned in III may ask the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs to take a formal position on compliance with…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-15

The applicant may convert his patent application into a utility certificate application under conditions laid down by regulation.The applicant may convert his utility certificate application into a pa…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-24

Jury members who take part in meetings and deliberations by means of audiovisual communication attend the meeting in its entirety, from the opening of the session until the final decision is taken, un…

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