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Showing 20912100 of 56987 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 25-1-1977 n° 74-15.293

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-14-1

I.-For civil servants or public employees of the State and its public establishments falling within the categories defined in the appendix to this article and who are the authors of an invention menti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Sanitary facilities, catering

Article R4217-1

Buildings and premises are designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements of articles: 1° R. 4228-1 to R. 4228-15, relating to sanitary installations; 2° R. 4228-22 to R. 4228-25, relati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-15

Article 815-17 is applicable to joint ownership creditors, as well as to the personal creditors of the joint owners. However, the latter may only bring about partition in cases where their debtor coul…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-135

Where, in the cases referred to in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the public prosecutor to whom the investigation has been referred refuses t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-13-1

The Athletes' and Trainees' Life Council is consulted by the Board of Directors on services designed to promote leisure, cultural, social and community sports activities offered to top-level athletes…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-12-1

The Scientific, Medical and Training Council is consulted by the Board of Directors on : 1° the institution's research programme and the research activities to which it contributes; 2° the institution…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article R211-18-1

The revenues of the Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance include : 1° Subsidies from the State, public authorities or any public body, whether French, foreign or internation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-194

I. - Acts carried out in the context of a contested application for the partition of movable or immovable property, including in the case of a licitation by voluntary auction (number 37 of table 6), g…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L652-1

…le below.Articles applicableIn their wording resulting fromIn Title IL. 610-1L. 611-1L. 611-3La loi n° 2021-1109 du 24 août 2021 confortant le respect des principes de la RépubliqueL. 612-1 à L. 612-3…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-1

The Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer referred to in Articles L. 8112-1 or L. 8112-5 who observes one of the breaches referred to in Article L. 1263-3 shall issue a written injunction to the empl…

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