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Showing 87218730 of 33065 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 6-7-1982 n° 1162

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-6-1

Unless, in the judgment opening the proceedings, a public officer or a sworn goods broker has been appointed to draw up the inventory, it shall be drawn up by the debtor and certified by an auditor or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The application for a business licence.

Article R752-6-2

I.-The application form for authorisation can be obtained from the prefecture or on the prefecture websites. Its content conforms to a model laid down by order of the Minister for the Economy. I.-The…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-6

Subject to articles L. 716-2-7 and L. 716-2-8, an action or application for a declaration of invalidity of a trademark shall not be subject to any limitation period.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-51-1

Any minor who is the victim of one of the offences mentioned in Article 706-47 shall be assisted by a lawyer when heard by the investigating judge. If the minor's legal representatives or ad hoc admin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R*322-76

If, as a result of losses recorded in the accounting documents, the net assets fall below half the amount of the formation fund, the Board of Directors or the Management Board is required to call a Ge…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVI: Prosecution, investigation and trial of drug trafficking offences

Article 706-30-1

Where the provisions of the fourth paragraph of article 99-2 is applied to narcotic substances seized in the course of the proceedings, the investigating judge must retain a sample of these products i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-7

(Articles R. 322-32 and R. 322-33) "EC" DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY The manufacturer, his authorised representative or, failing this, any person responsible for placing the product on the market establi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-22-1

When a person placed under the supervision of the sentence enforcement judge has been convicted of a crime or an offence mentioned in article 706-47, this judge may, ex officio or at the request of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-163-6

The certificate of ownership that is issued following the determination of the occurrence of a resolutory condition leading to the revocation of a donation pursuant to the article 960 of the civil cod…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…cial tax on insurance policies allocated in application of I of article 53 of the 2005 finance law (n° 2004-1484 du 30 décembre 2004). From 2006 onwards, this levy will change each year according to t…

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