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Showing 531540 of 34020 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 23-5-2012 n° 11-12.792

French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties.

Article R325-23

The Prefect may, at any time, carry out the necessary checks to verify that the conditions required for approval are still being met. If this is not the case, the Prefect may issue a warning or order…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-23

When placed on the market and up to the final purchaser stage, football, handball and hockey goalposts and basketball goals are accompanied by instructions for use specifying their assembly, installat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees and representation in outside bodies

Article L7222-23

After the election of its President and Vice-Presidents, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 7223-2, the Assembly of Martinique may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-23

I.-The Committee to which a request for an opinion on a research project involving the human person has been submitted shall give its opinion within a period of forty-five days. If the Committee remai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-23

A medical regulation assistant who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who is established and legally pra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-23

If, within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal, there is no sworn broker specialising in a given category of goods, or if this broker refuses, the court may appoint a broker in the speciality in q…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-18

In application of Article 31 of the aforementioned Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, a decree in the Council of State, issued after consultation with the National Commission for Information Technology…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-23

Conviction for the penalties provided for in articles L. 6355-1 to L. 6355-22 may be accompanied, as an additional penalty, by a temporary or permanent ban on exercising the activity of manager of a v…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Unique company identification number.

Article D123-236

The provisions of article D. 123-235 do not prevent a company from being required to bear, in addition to the unique identification number and as a specific identifier: 1° For activities subject to re…

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

Article L613-23-3

I.-During the opposition proceedings, the proprietor of the contested patent may amend the claims of that patent provided that: 1° the amendments made meet one of the grounds for opposition mentioned…

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