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Showing 57215730 of 47238 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 3-5-1956

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-5-1

I. - Unless otherwise stipulated, the new commune or, through concordant deliberations of principle taken in the year preceding that of its creation, the communes and, where applicable, the public est…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions applicable in the event of a paperless challenge to fixed fines as provided for in Article 529-10

Article A37-20-5

In all cases, an acknowledgement of registration of the challenge is automatically presented to the person when they have validated and sent their challenge. This document can be downloaded or printed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-5

The sale takes place within a maximum period of two years after the expiry of the period provided for in article L. 23-10-1. After this period, any sale is subject to articles L. 23-10-1 to L. 23-10-3…

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

Article L716-2-5

An application for a declaration of invalidity filed on the basis of 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 711-2 shall be dismissed where the proprietor of the contested trade mark can establish that the trade…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-5

The regions of Guadeloupe, Mayotte and Réunion may, with the agreement of the authorities of the Republic, be associate members of regional bodies, mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 3441-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-5-1

Selling, reselling or using a device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 or a category of devices without complying with the conditions laid down pursuant to the provisions of 3° of A…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Access to documents

Article R8113-3-3

The right to obtain documents or information from third parties as defined in Article L. 8113-5-2 is exercised, in the context of an investigation into one or more offences constituting illegal employ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the insurance obligation.

Article L211-5-2

Clauses by which the insurer prohibits the insured, in the event of loss or damage covered by an insurance contract taken out underarticle L. 211-1, from assigning to third parties the insurance indem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-4

The resolution college may suspend any obligation to pay or deliver financial instruments resulting from a contract to which a person mentioned in I of Article L. 613-34 subject to a resolution proced…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope, quality limits and references.

Article R1321-5-1

The guide values defined in article R. 1321-3-1 and the vigilance values defined in article R. 1321-15-1 must be met, for water supplied by a distribution network, at the point where, inside premises…

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