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Showing 941950 of 28173 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 7-7-2015 n° 14-11.644

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General obligations

Article R322-7

The health and safety guarantees as well as the technical standards mentioned in article L. 322-2 are set by order of the Minister for Sport and the ministers concerned after consultation with the spo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7

The Director, who chairs the Executive Board, is responsible for the general policy of the institution. He represents the institution in all civil acts and acts in legal proceedings on behalf of the i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Compensation for victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis C virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R1221-76

The Office may take action, even for the first time, before any administrative or judicial court in order to exercise the right to subrogation provided for in Article L. 1221-14 against persons liable…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: European Union trade mark

Article L717-7

The formule exécutoire referred to in Article 110 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017 shall be annexed by the Institut national de la propriété industrielle to any final decision of the Offic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 723-5

Financial aid for the distribution abroad of works representing world cinematography contributes to covering the following expenses:1° Technical expenditure relating to each of the modes of exploitati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6232-7

The following articles of the Electoral Code apply to the vote-counting operations and the proclamation of results, under the conditions laid down in Article D. 6213-1:1° Article R. 63 relating to the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local referendum

Article D6332-7

The following articles of the Electoral Code shall apply to the process of counting the votes and declaring the results, under the conditions set out in Article D. 6313-1, the following articles of th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3133-7

The solidarity day instituted to finance actions in favour of the autonomy of elderly or disabled people takes the form of : 1° An additional day's unpaid work for employees ; 2° The contribution prov…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Levy on casino gaming revenue.

Article D422-7

The rules governing direct levies on casino gaming revenue are set out in Articles D. 2333-74 and D. 2333-76 to R. 2333-82-1 of the French General Local Authorities Code, which are reproduced below: "…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The insurance certificate.

Article A211-7

The insurance certificate and the provisional insurance certificate must state that, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 211-14, presentation of the supporting document only implies a pres…

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