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Showing 23112320 of 67177 articles for Art. L. 631-1 to L. 632-4

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Use of the account for a professional retraining project

Article L4163-8-4

…sk their employer for professional retraining leave, under conditions specified by decree, in order to follow all or some of the training courses included in their professional retraining project.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-3

An infringement action shall be inadmissible where, at the request of the defendant, the proprietor of the trade mark is unable to prove that: 1° That the trade mark has been put to genuine use in res…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-9-4

Each year, the professional bodies mentioned in article L. 132-9-2 publish a report on the application of articles L. 132-9-2 and L. 132-9-3, which includes the number and outstanding amount of life i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-3

…lient or instructing party, informed in writing by one of the control officers mentioned in article L. 8271-1-2 of the partial or total non-payment of the legal or contractual minimum wage due to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-8-4

Subject to fulfilling their priority mission of providing medical support to the armed forces as mentioned in article L. 6147-7, the medical supply establishments of the armed forces health service ma…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-2-4

For its application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, Article L. 615-2 of this code is worded as follows: Art. L. 615-2.-An infringement action shall be brought by the owner of the patent. Unless othe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L954-3-4

Article L. 441-2 is repealed.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives.

Article L5312-4-3

…e de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé finds that the laws and regulations applicable to the activities and products mentioned in Article L. 5311-1 have not been complied with, it may or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-40-2

…s of the establishment that are the subject of deliberation. They receive a copy of the notice sent to the community councillors or to the members of the trade union committee before each meeting of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7-4

…e SICAV of its shares and the issue of new shares may be temporarily suspended by the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the officers of the simplified joint stock company, when exceptional c…

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