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Showing 46914700 of 24104 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 29-10-1970 n° 69-11.287

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5524-1

The following provisions of Book IV of this Part are applicable to Wallis and Futuna:1° Articles L. 5421-1 to L. 5421-3, L. 5421-6 and L. 5421-6-2, L. 5421-13, L. 5421-14 and L. 5421-15 ;2° Articles L…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Patents for invention

Article R616-3

The provisions of Chapters I, II, III, V, VI and VIII of this Title shall apply to utility certificate applications and utility certificates, with the exception of Articles R. 612-56-1 to R. 612-69, t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-14

…f the provisions of the texts adopted for the application of the articles 2,3,4,6,7and 10 de la loi n° 94-665 du 4 août 1994 relative à l'emploi de la langue française.Any foundation recognised as bei…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R541-1

…R. 512-21, R. 512-23, R. 512-30, R. 512-31, R. 512-35, R. 512-37 and R. 512-38Resulting from décret n° 2018-1116 du 10 décembre 2018

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Promotion.

Article R6152-611

Attached practitioners are eligible for promotion to the 12th step according to the following terms: 1st step: one year. 2nd step: two years 3rd step: two years. 4th step: two years. 5th step: two yea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-27

Failure to comply with Article 73(1) and Article 76(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on the communication of information intended to be made…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-79

The consumer has a period of fourteen clear days to withdraw from one of the contracts mentioned in articles L. 224-69 and L. 224-70, without giving any reason. He has this right from the day of concl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-2

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF TERRITORIAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRYYou can consult the JORF n° 0234 of 7 October 2021, text n° 36, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pd…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-16

Without prejudice to the provisions which, pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, the articles of association must include those which, by virtue of the articles 8, 14,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R72

For persons born in the overseas territories the records provided for in articles R. 65 and R. 67, paragraph 2, and the notices provided for in articles R. 67, paragraph 1, R. 69 and R. 71, are forwar…

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