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Showing 72017210 of 55089 articles for Art. CA Bordeaux 2-3-2022 n° 18/04413

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Elements constituting a trade mark

Article L711-3

…lier rights having effect in France, in particular: 1° An earlier trade mark : a) Where it is identical to the earlier trade mark and the goods or services which it designates are identical to those f…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Protection of certain persons

Article L161-3

The sums due in execution of a court decision, an agreement or a deed mentioned in 2° to 5° of I of article 373-2-2 of the Civil Code that is enforceable by virtue of maintenance payments, contributio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Penalties.

Article L328-3

…42-2, L. 242-6 (2° to 4°), L. 242-8, L. 242-25 and L. 242-28 of the French Commercial Code are applicable to insurance undertakings, even where they are not automatically subject to these provisions.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3

…ers, importers, operators, stockists, wholesaler-distributors, wholesale distributors of pharmaceutical products other than medicinal products, wholesale distributors of medicinal plants, wholesale di…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Mobility within or outside the European Union

Article R6325-33

…ed between the beneficiary of the professionalisation contract and his legal representatives in the case of minors, the employer in France, the employer abroad, the training body in France and, where…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-3

Any technical file accompanying the application for authorisation must include the following information: 1° A list of the persons whom the applicant proposes to authorise to contribute, under his aut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5224-3

Any foreigner guilty of the offences defined in article L. 5224-2 may be banned from French territory under the conditions set out in articles 131-30 to 131-30-2 of the French Penal Code, for a maximu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article D442-3

For the application of III of article L. 442-4, the seat and jurisdiction of the judicial courts with jurisdiction in mainland France and the overseas departments are set in accordance with the table…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-3

…old a public office or to engage in the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or to engage in a commercial or industria…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors

Article R822-31

The activity of statutory auditor carried out on an individual basis under the conditions provided for by this title entails the affiliation of the person carrying it out to the autonomous organisatio…

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