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Showing 721730 of 45952 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 31-3-2021 n° 19-25.903 F-D

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Legal proceedings

Article R615-31

Failing agreement between the parties, only the commission's proposal shall be brought to the court's attention.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Application of international agreements and European Union law

Article R614-31

If the international application and the other documents referred to in article R. 614-23 are filed in a number of copies lower than that set by the said article, a fee is charged for the preparation…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-31

The authorized agents draw up a seizure report, which is sent to the public prosecutor within 24 hours.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article R224-31

The obligation set out in article L. 224-109 is not applicable when parts from the circular economy are not available within the timeframe compatible with the date or timeframe for the provision of th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article R313-31

The loan offer may only be made to borrowers who bear the exchange rate risk and who have declared on their honour that they receive more than half of their annual income in the currency of the loan o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-31

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 the provisions of Articles 1 and 2, Chapter II, point 2 of Chapter IV of Section V "Minced meat, meat preparations and mechanically separated…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article R512-31

The tests and analyses are carried out by State laboratories.The competence of each laboratory authorised to carry out these tests and analyses is set by an order of the minister responsible for the e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article R623-31

The court shall rule, at the request of the association that referred the matter to it, on the transfer of all or part of the advance that may have been awarded pursuant to the provisions of article L…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Stills

Article 310 bis

The State may repurchase, under conditions set by joint order of the Minister for the Economy and Finance and the Minister for Industry (1), stills that were used for the production of raw spirits and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: General provisions

Article 311 bis

The profession of distiller may only be exercised in a fixed establishment. However, individual derogations may be granted by order of the authority designated by decree on a proposal from the adminis…

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