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Showing 60316040 of 8385 articles for Art. CE 26-11-1982 n° 30956

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article L722-6

…or a period of four years, in the same court or in any other commercial court. When the term of office of commercial court judges expires before the start of the period set for the installation of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: International trade mark

Article R717-1

…14-8 and R. 716-1 to R. 716-14 shall apply to international trademark registrations extended to France in accordance with the Madrid Agreement of 14 April 1891 and the Madrid Protocol of 27 June 1989,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article R451-2

…es and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety shall be punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Arbitration proceedings

Article 1464

Unless the parties have agreed otherwise, the arbitral tribunal shall determine the arbitral procedure without being bound to follow the rules established for state courts. However, the guiding princi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IIIa: Community service

Article 733-2

In the event of non-performance of community service, the sentence enforcement judge may, of his or her own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor, order by reasoned decision the enforcemen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Duration and implementation of professionalisation actions.

Article L6325-12

The minimum duration of the professionalisation programme may be extended to twenty-four months for persons other than those mentioned in article L. 6325-11 or when the nature of the qualifications pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-14

…nal product manufacturing establishment referred to in Article 97 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or of a person responsible for a wholesale distribution establishment referred to in Art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-55

…of the Penitentiary Code and L. 412-8 (5°) of the Social Security Code shall apply to the performance of the work provided for by 6° of Article 41-2 of this Code, the powers conferred by these articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Settlement of creditors.

Article R643-7

…s of the closure of the order at the registry of the court before which the judicial liquidation proceedings were conducted. As from the filing of the minutes of the closure of the order, the collocat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Ethical bodies for commercial court judges

Article R721-22

…request of a judge of his court. In his opinions, this member of the judiciary shall ensure compliance with the ethical obligations set out in the compendium referred to in article R. 721-11-1. It tak…

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