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Showing 46814690 of 23443 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 13 April 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 13 July 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 24 June 1971

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to legal entities and establishments open to the public implementing the exception

Article R122-17

…stablished in any Member State of the European Union or party to the Marrakesh Treaty adopted on 27 June 2013, shall keep a register of such adaptations. They shall publish and update, on their websit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Referral to the civil or administrative courts

Article L524-3

…ings or on application, under the conditions provided for in the 8 of the I of article 6 of law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, to any person mentioned in 2 of I of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Presentation of contracts

Article R211-5

…raph 1 of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-2

…ntioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, on the manufacturer or, where applicable, his authorised representative, the importer an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-1

…provided for in II: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 112-5-1 Act 2018-287 of 20 April 2018 L. 112-6 Act no . 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 112-6-1-A Act no . 2017-1775 of 28 Dece…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-1

…the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 112-5-1 law no. 2018-287 of 20 April 2018 L. 112-6 Act no . 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 L. 112-6-1-A Act no . 2017-1775 of 28 Dece…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles and terms of pawnbroking.

Article D514-9

…em, for whatever reason, or the item deteriorates, in accordance with articles D. 514-12 and D. 514-13 ; e) Indication that, in the event of loss of the acknowledgement of deposit of a pledged item, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of exemptions

Article R1453-14

…articular industrial and commercial secrets; 3° Where applicable, in application of article L. 1453-13, information enabling indirect and final beneficiaries who are not signatories to the agreement t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Opposition to duty and obstacles to tax control

Article 1735 ter

Failure to respond or partial response to the formal notice referred to in III of Article L. 13 AA and in the second paragraph of article L. 13 AB of the Book of Tax Procedures entails the application…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Policing of teaching activities

Article L212-14

…se a physical or sporting activity in disregard of a measure taken in application of article L. 212-13.

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