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Showing 45714580 of 52912 articles for Art. CA Versailles 13 January 2000 · Cass. com. 27 February 2001 · Cass. com. 6 May 2002 · CA Poitiers 26 November 1986 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-46

…weighted according to the following coefficients:I. - Weighting for duration:1° Each point on the scale is weighted by a multiplier of 1 for a work lasting less than 20 minutes;2° Each point on the s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of farm profits

Article 63

…arming, as well as profits made by breeders of new plant varieties within the meaning of (articles L623-1 to L623-35 of the Intellectual Property Code).Also considered as profits from the agricultural…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and criminal liability

Article L3515-6

…article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 3515-3 and L. 3515-4, in addition to the fine, the maximum rate of which is defined in accordance with the procedures s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: The form of bailiff's documents.

Article 648

…the body that legally represents it.3. The full name, address and signature of the judicial officer;4. If the document is to be served, the name and domicile of the addressee, or, if it is a legal per…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative proceedings for a declaration of invalidity or revocation of a trade mark

Article R716-6

Subject to inadmissibility being raised ex officio by the Institute and to the cases of suspension or closure of the proceedings provided for respectively in Articles R. 716-9 and R. 716-11, the appli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to currency

Article L734-6

I.- Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Withdrawal of reductions in sentences provided for in article 721

Article D116-6

…ined by the sentence enforcement committee. This notice informs the sentenced person that he or she may submit written observations to the committee on his or her own behalf or through his or her lawy…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Temporary secondment to a post of university hospital practitioner.

Article R6152-61

…re reinstated in a hospital practitioner post under the conditions provided for in 3° of article R. 6152-7. Where applicable, they are placed on compulsory leave for the period between the end of thei…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-6

The certificate, or the decision relating to the application for recognition or declaration of enforceability, shall be delivered to the applicant against a certificate or receipt, or shall be notifie…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-6

…oms detention is immediately informed by a customs officer, under the conditions set out in article 63-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: 1° Of his or her detention, as well as the duration of the m…

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