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Showing 411420 of 23743 articles for Art. Cass. 13 March 2008 – counterfeit as dispossession

French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special rules

Article 1348-1

…of related debts on the sole ground that one of the obligations would not be liquid or due.In this case, the set-off is deemed to have occurred on the day on which the first of them became due.In the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article L2512-13

…ich determines the duties of the Prefect of Police in Paris and by the texts which have modified it as well as by articles L. 2512-7, L. 2512-14 et L. 2512-17.II.-However, the Mayor of Paris is respon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1431-13

…nd in all acts of civil life.He recruits and appoints to posts in the institution, when the latter has an industrial and commercial nature and is consulted, for an opinion, by the chairman of the boar…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 232-13

For a request concerning works and investments to be carried out or planned training courses, the final invoices must be submitted within six months of their completion. This deadline may be extended…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation, transformation and abolition of public health establishments.

Article R6141-13

…lected is that which results from the total number of staff in the establishments concerned on 31st March of the year preceding the creation of the new establishment. As soon as the results of the ele…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 H

…se under the conditions set out in I of article 1639 A bis, properties located in the employment areas defined in 3 bis of article 42 of law no. 95-115 of 4 February 1995 on land use planning and deve…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 I

…alifies for the exemption provided for in I quinquies B of Article 1466 A and for the same duration as the latter.It applies from 1 January of the year following that in which the attachment to a qual…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L611-13

…611-11, a disclosure of the invention shall not be taken into consideration in the following two cases:-if it takes place within the six months preceding the filing date of the patent application;-i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial provisions.

Article L1271-13

…al payment voucher is nominative. It mentions the name of the beneficiary.A decree may specify the cases in which :1° The special payment voucher is payable to a named person, in particular when it is…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article R623-13

…e shall be sent, by any means enabling receipt to be acknowledged, to the trader and the requesting association or, where there is more than one, to one of them, within the time limit and in the manne…

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