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Showing 26112620 of 58927 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 1-6-2010 n° 09-65.482

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-6

During the period provided for in article L. 123-1, the surviving spouse, against whom there is no final judgment of legal separation, benefits, regardless of the matrimonial regime and independently…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-68

Aid for professional integration may not be granted in the following cases: 1° When the establishment has made an economic redundancy in the six months preceding the date of recruitment; 2° Where the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transfers of funds

Article L722-6

Bearers transporting cash in an amount equal to or greater than €10,000 in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and Saint-Barthélemy, or 1,193,300 CFP francs in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TREATMENT OF OVER-INDebtedness

Article L712-6

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the Commission may obtain information from public administrations, credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: State mountain sports teaching, supervision and training diplomas

Article D212-68

The State diplomas of national alpine ski instructor and national Nordic cross-country ski instructor, as well as the State diploma in mountaineering and mid-mountain guiding, are registered at level…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: State mountain sports teaching, supervision and training diplomas

Article D212-69

These diplomas are awarded on completion of a course comprising : 1° General training common to the teaching, supervision and training professions in mountain sports ; 2° Specific training for each of…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R133-6

The Committee meets at least six times a year. It is also convened whenever the Chairman deems it necessary or at the request of the majority of its members in office. Its meetings are not open to the…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Summons to registered creditors

Article R322-6

No later than the fifth working day following delivery of the summons to the debtor, the summons to pay in the form of a seizure is notified to the creditors registered on the day of publication of th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 668 bis

For the purposes of calculating registration duties and land registration tax, the value of the claim held on a trust is valued at the real net market value of the assets placed in trust or the assets…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxation

Article 668 ter

For the application of registration duties, the settlor's rights resulting from the trust contract are deemed to relate to the assets forming the trust estate. When these rights are transferred, trans…

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