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Showing 861870 of 64235 articles for Art. s. 635 and 638 · C. com. Arts. L 141-12

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Property

Article L1424-12

The departmental or territorial fire and rescue service builds, acquires or rents the assets necessary for its operation.An equipment plan is drawn up by the board of directors based on the risk cover…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Exposure to particular risks.

Article L1225-12

The employer shall offer an employee who works in a job that exposes her to risks determined by regulation another job that is compatible with her condition:1° When she is in a medically certified sta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Permanent derogation as of right.

Article L3132-12

Certain establishments, the operation or opening of which is made necessary by the constraints of production, activity or the needs of the public, may as of right derogate from the rule of Sunday rest…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-12

The capital sum or annuity stipulated as payable on the death of the insured to a specific beneficiary or to his heirs does not form part of the insured's estate. The beneficiary, whatever the form an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-12

The right of priority provided for in Article 4 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property is extended to any trademark previously filed in a foreign country. Subject to the pro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-12

I.-Collective management organisations pay the sums due to right holders no later than nine months from the end of the financial year in which the income from the exploitation of rights was received.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-12

In the regions, the Corsican collectivity, the collectivities governed by articles 73 and 74 of the Constitution and in New Caledonia, the State representative is the agency's territorial delegate und…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L311-12

I.-When, at the end of the assessment provided for in Article L. 311-11, the resolution college finds that there are significant obstacles to a person mentioned in Article L. 311-5 being subject eithe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-12

When the licence to practice or the declaration of provision of services is issued, the pharmacy technician must have the language skills required to practice the profession and the knowledge of the s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-12

When, due to the victim's fault, the third-party payers have been unable to assert their rights against the insurer, they have a right of recourse against the victim up to the amount of the compensati…

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