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Showing 88418850 of 25774 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 12-10-1988 n° 87-12.117

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Jurisdictional rules

Article L716-5

I.-The following may only be brought before the Institut national de la propriété industrielle: 1° Applications for a declaration of invalidity based exclusively on one or more of the grounds listed i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Seizures of certain intangible movable property or intangible movable rights

Article 706-154

As an exception to Article 706-153, the judicial police officer may be authorised, by any means, by the public prosecutor or by the investigating judge to seize, at the advanced expense of the Treasur…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-1

Persons who have been the subject of a final conviction for one of the offences referred to in articles 222-34 to 222-40,225-4-1,225-4-7,313-1,313-3,314-1,324-1,324-5,324-6,421-1 to 421-2-4,421-5,432-…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2341-1

Persons who have been the subject of a final conviction for one of the offences referred to in articles 222-34 to 222-40,313-1,313-3,314-1,324-1,324-5,324-6,421-1 to 421-2-4,421-5,432-10,432-11,432-12…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article L656-2

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° The references to the judicial court of the administrative centre of the department are replaced by references to the court of first instance; 2°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks and composition of the national order and the national council.

Article L4231-4

The Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens is composed of twenty-six members: 1° Two professors or senior lecturers from pharmacy training and research units who are active pharmacists, appointed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Information system for the personal training account and the individual right to training for local elected representatives

Article R6323-34

I.-Insofar as their use is necessary for the purposes defined in 1° to 9° bis, 11° and 12° of article R. 6323-33, the categories of personal data relating to the holder of the personal training accoun…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-9

The tax is calculated as follows1° For publishers of television services, the tax is calculated by applying a rate of 5.15% to the amount of annual payments and receipts, excluding value added tax, re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-14

As from the notification of the higher bid, the purchaser, if he has regained possession of the business, is automatically the receiver and may only perform acts of administration. However, he may app…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-85

Supervisory Board members may not receive any remuneration, permanent or otherwise, from the company other than that provided for in articles L. 225-81, L. 225-83, L. 225-84 and L. 22-10-25 and, where…

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