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Showing 29312940 of 7437 articles for Art. TEPA Act 21 August 2007

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Personal recovery procedure with compulsory liquidation

Article L742-20

…ation that the debtor is clearly in the situation defined in the second paragraph of Article L. 742-21, the judge may open and close the personal recovery procedure with judicial liquidation for insuf…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-29

…proposes the necessary measures to the latter, under the conditions provided for in Article R. 1612-21. When the budgets show sufficient measures, the Chamber notes this.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article R2223-12

…date of the plot deed. The procedure provided for in the articles L. 2223-4, R. 2223-13 to R. 2223-21 can only be engaged ten years after the last burial made in the conceded plot.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multiannual regional plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1434-23

…ogrammes for risk management and efficiency in the healthcare system referred to in Article R. 1434-21, drawn up by the National Committee for Risk Management and Efficiency in the Healthcare System,…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Authorisation procedure applicable to the termination or transfer of the contract.

Article R4623-23

…ishment to which the occupational health physician belongs, only the provisions of articles R. 4623-21 and R. 4623-22 apply. The request for transfer authorisation provided for in article L. 4623-5-3…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Monitoring working hours

Article D212-17

…3-1111 of 19 December 1983. The provisions of this section apply, with the exception of articles D. 212-21, D. 212-22 and D. 212-24, to the establishments covered by decree no. 83-40 of 26th January 1…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Commercial transactions.

Article L110-2

The law similarly deems acts of commerce:

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-3

Any act modifying or transmitting the rights attached to a registered design may only be relied on as against third parties if it has been entered in the National Designs Register.However, before it h…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-9

All acts transmitting or modifying the rights attached to a patent application or patent must, in order to be enforceable against third parties, be entered in a register, known as the National Patent…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article D3311-9

…motion, working conditions, pay and work-life balance.The report also includes an assessment of the actions taken and resources mobilised in terms of professional equality between women and men and de…

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