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Showing 93019310 of 53704 articles for Art. CA Paris 1-12-2021 n° 20/04742

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: The office.

Article L5211-10

…idents. For metropolitan areas, the number of vice-presidents is set at twenty.However, if the application of the rule defined in the previous paragraph results in the number of vice-presidents being…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

…s exploitation rights, the assignee shall send him or make available to him by an electronic communication process, at least once a year, explicit and transparent information on all income generated b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-10

A fine of 12,000 euros shall be imposed on the drawee who: 1. Indicate a provision that is less than the existing and available provision; 2. Rejecting a cheque on the grounds of insufficient or unava…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 709-1-1

…ned for a maximum of twenty-four hours in a police or gendarmerie premises, so that their situation can be checked and they can be heard on the breach of their obligations. As soon as the detention me…

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

Article R712-16-1

…iry of the additional period referred to in the last paragraph of Article R. 712-14. Subject to the cases of suspension or termination of the procedure provided for in Articles R. 712-17 and R. 712-18…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-1

…e contracts on behalf of a third party relating to digital assets in legal tender, with, where applicable, the interposition of the service provider's own account; 3° The service of exchanging digital…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-135

Where, in the cases referred to in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the public prosecutor to whom the investigation has been referred refuses t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3313-11

If the beneficiary cannot be reached at the last address indicated by him/her, the sums to which he/she is entitled are held at his/her disposal by the company for a period of one year from the deadli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Working conditions and organisation of service obligations

Article R6153-1

…hase 3, known as the consolidation phase, referred to in articles R. 632-20 and D. 633-11 of the Education Code of medical studies, pharmacy studies for students enrolled in medical biology and hospit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-1-1

…ng this, after a formal notice has remained without effect for a period of one month from its notification, the territorially competent representative of the State shall proceed to do so automatically…

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