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Showing 661670 of 58431 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7-1-2004 n° 01-10.346

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-7-1

Students from nursing training institutes authorised under the conditions set out in article L. 4383-3 may complete a training period in a departmental or territorial fire and rescue service, provided…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-7

An inter-regional council and a disciplinary chamber of first instance of the association of masseur-physiotherapists of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corsica are responsible for masseur-physiotherap…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Merger of mutual insurance companies

Article R322-106-7

The board of directors or management board of each of the mutual insurance companies involved in the merger shall draw up a written report which, together with the draft terms of merger and the audite…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-7

The guarantee covers political, catastrophic and non-payment risks.The political risk is realised when the debtor has not paid his debt, or the performance of the contract has been interrupted, provid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article L22-10-75

As an exception to article L. 226-8, in companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the remuneration of the executive director(s) and the remuneration of the members of the s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-7-1

A creditor who has received a payment in breach of the rule of equality of unsecured creditors or as a result of an error in the order of privileges must return the sums so paid.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-7-1

When a professional established on the territory of a Member State of the European Union or of a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area is entitled to represent persons in industri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-70-1

A decision on the patent application shall be taken within four months of payment of the fee for granting and printing the specification referred to in Article R. 612-70.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative and litigation procedure

Article D312-7-1

The national travel authorisation investigation service provides the deputy director of visas with information useful for examining appeals referred to it.

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

Article R*763-1

Articles R.* 721-3, R.* 732-3, R.* 732-4 and R.* 744-24 are applicable to Saint-Martin.

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