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Showing 48614870 of 66871 articles for Art. s. 1591 and 1592 · Cass. com. 3 May 1977

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-38

…phabetical file indicates:1° For natural persons, their birth name, customary name, forenames, date and place of birth, the activity carried out and the address of the establishment or, failing this,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public hospital service

Article L6112-3

…ublic hospital service is provided by : 1° Public health establishments ; 2° Armed forces hospitals 3° Private health establishments authorised to provide the public hospital service and qualified as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Laboratory responsible for the biological qualification of the donation.

Article R1222-30

Analyses within the donation's biological qualification laboratory may only be carried out by the persons authorised to be employed as medical laboratory technicians mentioned in articles L. 4352-2 to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures.

Article R5211-31

The manufacturer may instruct his authorised representative to initiate the following procedures: 1° Declaration relating to medical devices to be the subject of clinical investigations ; 2° EC declar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-38

…onal to the sums recovered by them in respect of the contribution from policyholders referred to in 3° below. 2° The contribution of those responsible for accidents which give rise to personal injury,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-31

…eport provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-40 contains:1° A list of the agreements and commitments subject to approval by the General Meeting;2° The names of the directors concerned;3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-32

…ubmitted with a view to the grouping or conversion of care activities defined in Article L. 6122-6, and applications for renewal of authorisation submitted in application of the fourth paragraph of Ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Joint preliminary inspection.

Article R4512-3

…e area in which the outside undertakings will be working; 2° Marks out the areas in this area which may present hazards for the workers; 3° Indicates the traffic routes which these workers and the veh…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-3

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may lodge a complaint and bring a civil action before the examining magistrate in respect of acts constituting the offence of counterfeiting, within…

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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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