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Showing 84018410 of 26972 articles for Art. CE 16-4-2012 n° 323592

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-2-4

…fringement action shall be brought by the owner of the patent. Unless otherwise stipulated in the licence contract, it is also open to the holder of an exclusive licence on condition, on pain of inadm…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-48-1

…ns set out in the previous paragraph, the borrower is only required to repay the capital in accordance with the scheduled repayment schedule and, where applicable, to pay the interest for which the le…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article LO2122-4-1

…es not have French nationality may not be elected mayor or deputy mayor, nor may he or she hold office, even temporarily.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Reimbursement of expenses.

Article L2123-18-4

When mayors and deputy mayors use the universal employment-service cheque provided for by Article L. 1271-1 of the Labour Code to ensure the remuneration of employees or approved associations or compa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Traffic and parking regulations

Article L2213-4-1

I. - In order to combat air pollution, low mobility emission zones may be created in conurbations and in areas for which an atmospheric protection plan has been adopted, is being drawn up or is under…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-4

…or managing, whether in return for payment or free of charge, any collective site, outside a public cemetery or an authorised deposit or burial site, intended for the temporary or permanent deposit of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Service regulations and pricing

Article L2224-12-4

…clude an amount calculated independently of this volume on the basis of the fixed costs of the service and the characteristics of the connection, in particular the number of dwellings served.This amou…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-1-4

The mandate with posthumous effect is subject to the provisions of articles 1984 to 2010 which are not incompatible with the provisions of this section.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-2

…ems of equipment of a work mentioned in articles 1792 and 1792-2 are prescribed by ten years from acceptance of the work and, for damage affecting those items of equipment of the work mentioned in art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article 495-24-2

When the public prosecution for an offence that has caused harm to a victim is extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine for a misdemeanour, the victim may nevertheless ask the public prosecutor to…

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