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Showing 261270 of 43003 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 16-3-2017 n° 16-13.063

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-16

The delegated federations lay down : 1° The technical rules specific to their discipline as well as the rules intended to control their application and sanction their non-respect by the participants i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial organisation

Article R114-16

Subject to the provisions of this section, the sports resources, expertise and performance centres are subject, as regards their financial and accounting regime, to the provisions of Title I of Decree…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other formalities.

Article L1221-16

In certain establishments or professions defined by regulation, the employer must inform the public employment service of any recruitment or termination of an employment contract.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Portage salarial

Article L1255-16

The following is punishable by a fine of €3,750 if a client company: 1° Employs a ported employee outside the cases provided for in Article L. 1254-3 ; 2° Disregards the prohibitions on employing a po…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional liability

Article L211-16

I.-The professional who sells a tourist package mentioned in 1° of I ofarticle L. 211-1 is fully liable for the performance of the services provided for in this contract, whether these services are pe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-16

For audiovisual works, the date of completion is the date shown on the certificate of acceptance of the final version by a television service publisher.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2112-16

The clauses of contracts concluded at provisional prices specify:1° The conditions under which the definitive price will be determined, within the limit of a ceiling that may be revised;2° The deadlin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-16

Methods for the surgical or therapeutic treatment of the human or animal body and diagnostic methods applied to the human or animal body shall not be patentable. This provision shall not apply to prod…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Solvency assessment

Article L313-16

Credit is granted to the borrower only if the creditor has been able to verify that the obligations arising from the credit agreement are likely to be fulfilled in accordance with what is provided for…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Temporary installations

Article R312-16

For the purposes of this section, a temporary installation is any demountable equipment or assembly intended to be used by the public, the framework of which is designed so that it can be assembled an…

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