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Showing 48014810 of 47269 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 7 February 1986 · Cass. 1re civ. 4 March 1986 · Cass. com. 8 March 2017 n° 15-21.155 · Cass. 3e civ. 27 June 2001 · Cass. 1re civ. 27 November 2019 n° 18-18.402

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-7

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 214-1-2 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 214-24 with the exception of 3° of II and the second senten…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-8

The amount of the direct grant is set at €10,000 per project.If there is more than one author for the same project, this amount is divided between the authors on the basis of the agreements between th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-80

In the cases provided for in article L. 228-73, the decision of the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the Executive Chairmen to disregard such decision shall be published in accordance with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R631-8

Where applicable, the court clerk shall notify the pursuing creditors that they may inspect the report referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 621-3 at the court clerk's office and at the sa…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XIX: The court registry

Article 729

In the event of an appeal or referral after cassation, the Registrar shall send the file to the competent court, either within fifteen days of the request being made to him, or within the time limits…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Orientation of the case

Article 777

…or hearing, the President shall take the measures provided for in the second paragraph of Article 1546-1. Except in the case of removal from the list, he appoints the Pre-Trial Judge..

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

Article A743-8

The services listed in Table 2 of Article Appendix 4-7 shall give rise to the collection by the clerk of the commercial court of fees set in accordance with the provisions of subsections 1 to 9 of thi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-8

…of a deposit ; 3° The deed constituting the pledge on all or part of the right to use the software; 4° Acts modifying the ownership or enjoyment of the right to use; 5° Acts modifying the rights of th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to sole traders with limited liability

Article L711-8

…fore, as the case may be, the approval of the conventional recovery plan provided for in Article L. 732-1, until the decision imposing the measures provided for in Articles L. 733-1, L. 733-4, L. 733-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 81

…ch copy shall be certified by the court clerk or the judicial police officer mentioned in paragraph 4. All the documents in the case file are marked by the court clerk as they are drawn up or received…

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