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Showing 611620 of 24607 articles for Art. CA Douai 12-5-2016 n° 15/03664

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

Article L613-15

…patent without the authorisation of the proprietor of the later patent. Where the owner of a patent cannot exploit it without infringing an earlier patent owned by a third party, the court may grant h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Choice of treating doctor.

Article R3711-15

If no attending doctor can be chosen, the coordinating doctor will inform the sentence enforcement judge. In the case referred to in the fourth paragraph of article R. 3711-12, the sentence enforcemen…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-15

The commission referred to in article L. 6213-12 is called the Commission nationale de biologie médicale. It is attached to the Minister for Health. The National Medical Biology Commission is consulte…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Income from receivables, deposits and guarantees

Article 124

…les intérêts, arrérages, primes de remboursement et tous autres produits : 1° Des créances hypothécaires, privilégiées et chirographaires, à l'exclusion de celles représentées par des obligations, e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-15

The members of the special negotiating body and the experts who assist them are bound by the professional secrecy and discretion requirements set out in Article L. 2325-5.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Acts relating mainly to contracts and agreements connected with economic activity

Article A444-150

The compromise agreement provided for in Title XVI of Book III of the Civil Code (number 149 in Table 5) gives rise to the collection of a fixed fee of €7.54.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to control by the administrative authority

Article R122-15

…charge of the disabled.It has the following missions:1° To examine and issue an opinion on the applications submitted by the legal entities and establishments mentioned in the first paragraph of 7° of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to practise the profession who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R4393-12

The provisions of articles R. 4331-12 to R. 4331-15 are applicable to the provision of services by dental assistants whose declaration is provided for in article L. 4393-14.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to administrative detention centres and premises

Article R744-15

The room reserved for lawyers, referred to in article L. 744-5, is accessible, under the conditions provided for in the same article, on simple request by the lawyer to the department responsible for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Regional commission for liberal professions

Article R6154-15

The regional commission for private practice carries out the tasks set out in article L. 6154-5-1. The matter may be referred to this commission by a private practice commission of an establishment, o…

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