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Showing 42814290 of 10142 articles for Art. CJEU – Ingmar – 9 Nov. 2000 – C-381/98

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Invalidity of a registration

Article L512-4

…1 to L. 511-8; b) If its owner could not benefit from the protection provided for in article L. 511-9 ; c) If the design infringes rights attached to an earlier design which has been made available to…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-8

…of Book II of Part Two; d) Articles L. 1000-2, L. 1111-1, L. 1211-4, L. 1211-5, L. 1221-4, L. 1221-9, L. 1311-3, L. 1311-4, L. 1431-2, L. 1521-1 and L. 1611-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Transparency in commercial relations

Article L441-2

…French Mutual Code, by the supplementary occupational pension institutions mentioned in article L. 942-1 of the Social Security Code, by mutual societies and unions governed by Book II of the Mutual…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial and prudential rules applicable to supplementary occupational pension funds

Article A385-3

Projections according to the three downgraded scenarios mentioned in b of I of Article R. 385-4 are carried out over the same period and using the same assumptions as those provided for in Article A.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary action

Article R4443-1-2

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, article R. 4234-1 in the version resulting from decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022 reads as follows: Complaints and requests from the perso…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-3-2

…in healthcare mentioned in article 40 of the law on the financing of social security for 2001 (no. 2000-1257 of 23 December 2000). These sums are revalued in accordance with procedures laid down by d…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-3

…curity Code and by the supplementary professional retirement institutions referred to in Article L. 942-1 of the same code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-103-1

…isions of I of Article L. 225-107, the extraordinary general meetings referred to in Article L. 225-96 and the ordinary general meetings referred to in article L. 225-98 are held exclusively by videoc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transmission of documents by electronic means

Article R232-41-10

…on of such an exemption; 5° the disciplinary procedure provided for in articles R. 232-88 to R. 232-98-1, including the transmission of all or part of the disciplinary file.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…or in II to XII. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSIONS RESULTING FROM L. 1521-1 law no. 2004-806 of 9 August 2004 L. 1522-1 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 1522-2 to L. 1522-5 Order no. 2003-1…

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