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Showing 851860 of 47238 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 3-5-1956

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation.

Article R6223-57

The liquidator represents the company during the liquidation process. He has the broadest powers to realise the assets, settle the liabilities, reimburse the shareholders or their successors the amoun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liquidation.

Article R6223-53

When a court decision declares the company null and void or dissolves it, it appoints the liquidator.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Simplified procedure

Article 527

The Public Prosecutor may, within ten days of the order, lodge an objection to its enforcement by declaration at the court registry.If, on expiry of the period provided for in the previous paragraph,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts performed by the tutor without authorisation

Article 503

The guardian, in the presence of the subrogated guardian if one has been appointed, shall draw up an inventory of the protected person's property, which shall be sent to the judge within three months…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 595

The usufructuary may enjoy by himself, lease to another, even sell or transfer his right free of charge. Leases which the usufructuary alone has made for a period which exceeds nine years are, in the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-37-3

After a marketing authorisation has been granted, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may require the marketing authorisation holder to carr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-18

The information provided for in articles 9 and 18 of the aforementioned Decree No. 2017-794 of 5 May 2017 shall be sent to the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle an…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-15

The company provided for in Article L. 422-7-1 is entered on the list of industrial property attorneys provided for in Articles L. 422-1 and L. 422-7, in a section specific to multi-professional pract…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-16

The declaration of incorporation of a multi-professional practice company, the purpose of which is in particular the practice of the liberal profession of industrial property attorney, shall be sent t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-17

The Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall register the company, by way of derogation from Article R. 422-3-1, within two months of receipt of the declaration pro…

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