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Showing 41214130 of 21190 articles for Art. Cass. civ. 14 December 2004

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of works by providers of online content-sharing services

Article L137-2

…ion from the rightholders for the reproductions that it makes. II - Article 6(2) and (3) of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 on confidence in the digital economy do not apply to the provider of the on…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
30°: Tax credit for expenses incurred by certain farmers to replace their employees on leave

Article 200 undecies

…credit in respect of the expenses incurred to replace them for leave between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2024 through the direct employment of employees or through the use of persons made availabl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional measures

Article R351-16

…rmined by the insurance or reinsurance undertaking in accordance with the provisions in force at 31 December 2015; and2° The effective annual rate, calculated as the single discount rate which, if app…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-73

…ossibility of recourse to a consumer mediator under the conditions laid down in Title I of Book VI; 14° The existence, where applicable, of a code of good conduct.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 on short selling and certain aspects of credit default swaps, a seller of financial in…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors.

Article R411-15

…6° The general conditions for granting the financial aid mentioned in articles L. 411-13 and L. 411-14; 7° General conditions for the conclusion and performance of contracts and agreements; 8° Transac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Payment of damages and interest on confiscated property

Article 706-164

…ticles 375 or 475-1 and who has not obtained compensation or reparation under articles 706-3 or 706-14, or recovery assistance pursuant to article 706-15-1, may obtain from the Agence de gestion et de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 1: Filing of instruments of incorporation.

Article R123-103

…ontributions in kind or of the decision and documents referred to in articles R. 22-10-10 et R. 225-14-1 ;b) In the case of a joint stock company, a copy of the certificate from the custodian of the f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-17

…en the Commission considers that one of the persons mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1142-14 or a biomedical research sponsor is liable, the notice sent to the claimant specifies that he…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-8

…or authorisation of a technique modifying a process included on the list referred to in Article L. 2141-1 within a period of four months. Failing this, the application is deemed to be rejected.If the…

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