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Showing 30413050 of 4064 articles for Art. 1133 · CA Chambéry 18 November 2003

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-145

…Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the same code, the capital increase is deemed to have been completed when one or more investment services providers oth…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-5-1

…than five years shall be rejected where the opponent, at the request of the proprietor of the application for registration, cannot establish: 1° That the earlier trade mark has been put to genuine us…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture and sale of beverages.

Article L3322-9

…presentative in the département under conditions defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, or in the case of tastings with a view to sale within the meaning of article 1587 of the French Civil Code, it…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-33

…cle L. 356-2 shall review the written policies referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 356-18 at least once a year. These policies are subject to the prior approval of the Board of Directors…

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

Article L941-14

The second paragraph of article

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

Article L931-14

The second paragraph of Article L. 145-18 reads as follows: "The same applies to property restoration operations involving restoration, conservation, modernisation or demolition work resulting in the…

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

Article L951-10

The second paragraph of article

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Compensation for unpaid claims.

Article R663-45

The Caisse des dépôts et consignations specifies the nomenclature of interest-bearing sight and term bank accounts opened in its books, intended to receive funds deposited pursuant to articles L. 622-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary proceedings.

Article R724-20

…The chairman of the commission may also, under the conditions set out in articles L. 724-4, R. 724-18 and R. 724-19, temporarily prohibit a former member of a commercial court from availing himself o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operational implementation within the department (R)

Article R1424-44

…CTAs, are the bodies responsible for receiving, processing and, if necessary, redirecting emergency calls from the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service received in particular via the 18…

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