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Showing 931940 of 36780 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 14 March 1968 · Cass. 3e civ. 10 November 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 September 2010 · Cass. com. 14 December 1993 · Cass. 3e civ. 17 June 1975 · Cass. 3e civ. 30 January 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 July 2008

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: European patents

Article L614-14

…ation rights independently of one another, on pain of invalidity. As an exception to Article L. 613-9, the transfer or amendment of the rights attached to the French patent application or to the Frenc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Solidarity fund for municipalities in the Ile-de-France region

Article L2531-14

…ference tax income;3° Ratio between the proportion of social housing, as defined in Article L. 2334-17, in the total number of dwellings in the municipality and the proportion of social housing in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-142-7

…econd, in the event of the opening of compulsory liquidation proceedings pursuant to Article L. 645-9.II.-The fee referred to in I does not include the fees, costs and disbursements resulting from the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 E

…th their own tax status may, by a general decision taken under the conditions defined in article 1639 A bis, exempt from business property tax : 1° Agricultural cooperative companies and their unions…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Compulsory prior administrative appeal

Article R2333-120-14

…in compliance with the characteristics laid down by the order provided for in Article R. 2333-120-10 ; 2° The second part of the rectifying payment notice includes, in order, the following informati…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R*322-147

The opening and constitution of each association in the event of survival, as well as the closing of the registration lists for the said association, must be recorded by deliberation of the company's…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Challenge.

Article L2261-14

…that, for a period of one year from the expiry of the notice period provided for in Article L. 2261-9, unless a clause provides for a longer period.Where the agreement or arrangement which has been ca…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-149

…s of the committee provided for in article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-17

…edium-sized cinemas, the total amount of aid is equivalent to the average of the sums entered for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the automatic account opened for each cinema in accordance with articles 123-3…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Hygiene measures.

Article R4534-142-1

Workers are provided either with premises where they can be accommodated in conditions that protect their health and safety in the event of weather conditions likely to affect them, or with worksite f…

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