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Showing 26412650 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-17

The publishing contract is terminated, without prejudice to the cases provided for by common law, by the preceding articles of this sub-section or by the articles of sub-section 2, when: 1° The publis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Commercial leases.

Article R145-31

…ll notify the parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt of the date on which the case will be resumed and the date on which the pleadings made after the investigative measure has be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Creation and communication of documents and information relating to the presence of asbestos

Article R1334-29-7

…erials and products containing asbestos provided for in article L. 1334-13 is made up of: 1° In the case of the sale of residential buildings comprising a single dwelling: the report on the identifica…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-58-6

…lectronic portal provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 814-2 are as follows: 1° In the case of debtors subject to safeguard, receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, the inform…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-164

…ode relating to employee savings plans provide for the establishment of a supervisory board and the cases in which the management company must obtain the opinion of this board.At least half of the Sup…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 207

…tion or issuing a committal or arrest warrant, the public prosecutor shall without delay return the case file to the investigating judge after ensuring that the ruling is executed. Where, in any other…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2362-7

…s of the participating persons as well as of the subsidiaries and establishments concerned. In this case, Chapter III of this Title shall not apply. Such a decision may not be taken in the case of a E…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandatory information and scope of the declaration

Article R1221-2

…ations and requests: 1° The employer's registration with the general social security scheme, in the case of a non-agricultural employee, as provided for inarticle R. 243-2 of the Social Security Code,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 11: Settlement orders

Article 180

In cases of referral, either to the police court or the criminal court, the investigating judge forwards the case file with his order to the public prosecutor. The latter is required to send it withou…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Confiscation.

Article 430

…is Code, the following shall be confiscated 1° goods that have been or had to be substituted in the cases provided for in articles 411-2 a, 417-2 c and 423-2° ; 2° goods presented for departure in the…

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