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Showing 27212730 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-6

A European patent application may only be converted into a French patent application in the case provided for in Article 135-1 (a) of the Munich Convention. In this case and on pain of rejection of hi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Loans, profit participation certificates and mutualist certificates.

Article R322-77

…w to finance the development of insurance activities or to strengthen their solvency margin, in the case of undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2, or their eligible own funds, in the case of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 411-9

…hic or audiovisual work may not:1° Exceed 80% of the final production cost of this work and, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the French participation;2° Have the effect of increa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 621-3

…works using digital visual effects may not:1° Exceed 50% of the final cost of the work and, in the case of an international co-production, 50% of the French participation;2° Have the effect of increa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-12

…one month of either the day on which the company became aware of the acquisition of control in the case of securities it held prior to that date, or the day of the transaction in the case of subseque…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subtitle I: Proceedings before the panel.

Article 955-1

…r. Notice is given either to the lawyers under the conditions provided for in Article 930-1, or, in cases dispensed with the ministry of a lawyer, to the defendant by registered letter with acknowledg…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Family proceedings

Article 1072-1

When it rules on the exercise of parental authority or when a case is referred to it for homologation under the procedure provided for by article 1143 or by articles 1565 et seq, the family court judg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Addictovigilance

Article L5133-1

The purpose of addictovigilance is to monitor, assess, prevent and manage the risk of cases of abuse, dependence and misuse linked to the consumption, whether medicinal or otherwise, of any product, s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-25

…magistrate, the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor. The lawyer may at any time examine the case file. The lawyer may examine the case file at any time.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-18

In the absence of conciliation or in the event of partial conciliation, the case is referred to the appropriate adjudication office, designated under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1454-1-1…

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