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Showing 21512160 of 26507 articles for Art. Loi n° 2014-626 du 18 juin 2014

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3

Article A812-22

In application of Article 1 of the Order of 4 February 2014 establishing the nomenclature of terms for the national master's degree, the title of the degree referred to in Article L. 812-3 is as follo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-1

…es is not counted towards the quorum, under the conditions set out in articles 1 to 4 of decree no. 2014-90 of 31 January 2014 implementing article 2 of law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on transpar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L956-1

The implementing measures provided for in articles L. 621-4, L. 621-4-1, L. 625-1, L. 626-3, L. 626-5 to L. 626-7 and L. 626-14 are set by the territorial assembly.

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

Article L422-5

…being entered on a special list drawn up by the Director of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle. Registration is by right, subject to the reservation provided for in the last paragraph…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-45

…commune or a public establishment for inter-communal cooperation on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 96-369 du 3 mai 1996 relative aux services d'incendie et de secours, ne peuvent, en l'absence…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI: Audiovisual communication

Article L1426-1

Local authorities or their groupings may, under the conditions laid down in the loi n° 86-1067 du 30 septembre 1986 relative à la liberté de communication, éditer un service de télévision destiné aux…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Types of practice.

Article L743-12

Commercial court clerks may practise their profession on an individual basis, as an employee of a natural or legal person holding a commercial court clerk's office, in the form of professional non-tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General rules

Article L5211-3

…inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status within five years of the promulgation of the loi n° 2015-991 du 7 août 2015 portant nouvelle organisation territoriale de la République.For the a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

National education, higher education and research. Corporations of civil servants:-Researchers, engineers, assistant engineers and research technicians governed by decree no. 83-1260 of 30 December 19…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-50

…L. 626-28, the court shall rule on the basis of a report drawn up by the commissaire à l'exécution du plan. The court's decision is communicated to the public prosecutor. At the debtor's initiative,…

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