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Showing 64716480 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Functioning of elected representatives' groups

Article L7122-26

…of French Guyana of a declaration, signed by their members, accompanied by a list of their members and their representative.Under the conditions that it defines, the Assembly of French Guiana may ass…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Functioning of elected representatives' groups

Article L7122-27

…ench Guyana distributes, in any form whatsoever, a general information bulletin on the achievements and management of the Assembly of French Guyana, a space is reserved for the expression of the group…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Functioning of elected representatives' groups

Article L7222-26

…bly of Martinique of a declaration, signed by their members, accompanied by a list of their members and their representative.Under the conditions it defines, the Assembly of Martinique may assign to t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Functioning of elected representatives' groups

Article L7222-27

…Martinique distributes, in any form whatsoever, a general information bulletin on the achievements and management of the Assembly of Martinique and the Executive Council of Martinique, a space is res…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Use of credits by organisations

Article R2135-26

…not been committed by a beneficiary organisation during the financial year are returned to the fund and added to the total amount of appropriations of the same type that may be allocated for the follo…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-3

…se the option to renounce their French nationality in the cases provided for in Articles 18-1, 19-4 and 22-3.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-22-2

…l court. The licence is non-exclusive. In particular, the court shall determine its duration, scope and the amount of royalties to which it gives rise. These conditions may be modified by decision of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-22

…ake up the jury must sit for the entire duration of the examination. The jury draws up the list of candidates who have passed the technical examination.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-2-1

Where the victim of the acts has made a claim for damages or restitution in the course of the police investigation as a civil party in accordance with the second paragraph of article 420-1, the Presid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Investor information

Article L214-23-1

…orité des marchés financiers defines the conditions under which UCITS must inform their subscribers and may be advertised, in particular by audiovisual means, or canvassed.The articles of association…

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