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Showing 59215930 of 22424 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 10 Dec. 2003 – no. 01-11.923

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article A712-2

…g scale: CATEGORY NUMBER OF RESIDENTS INDICATOR POINTS 1 less than 5,000 300 2 5,000 to 9,999 450 3 10,000 to 29,999 600 4 30,000 to 99,999 750 5 100,000 and over 900

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Sale or provision of "snowball" services

Article L121-15

…n back under the conditions of purchase, after deduction, where appropriate, of a sum not exceeding 10% of the corresponding price. This take-back guarantee may, however, be limited to a period of one…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals doing a work placement in an establishment or company in the same group that employs them, and family members

Article L421-31

A foreign national who has been admitted to reside in another Member State of the European Union for the same reasons as those mentioned in article L. 421-30 may carry out an assignment in France for…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia

Article L424-3

…2-18-9: a) The words "in 1° and 2° of II of article L. 232-9 and in 1°, 2° and 3° of article L. 232-10" and the words "in article L. 232-9" are replaced by the words: "by local anti-doping regulations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Penalties for irregularities.

Article L1235-16

…that mentioned in the last paragraph of this article and in the second paragraph of article L. 1235-10 shall give rise, subject to the agreement of the parties, to the reinstatement of the employee in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-7-1

…tewater comes from uses of water that are considered to be domestic in application ofarticle L. 213-10-2 of the Environment Code is entitled, at his request, to be connected to the public collection n…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-23-3

…ection conferred by the patent; 4° The amended claims comply with the provisions of Articles L. 611-10, L. 611-11, L. 611-13 to L. 611-19, L. 612-5 and L. 612-6 and their wording complies with the con…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L313-31

…st paragraph of Article L. 113-12-2 of the Insurance Code, or the third paragraph of Article L. 221-10 of the Mutual Code, the lender shall notify the borrower of its decision to accept or refuse with…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Administrative detention

Article L751-9

…back into care in order to prevent a non-negligible risk of absconding as defined in article L. 751-10, insofar as the detention is proportionate and if the provisions of article L. 751-2 cannot be ef…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-4

…e of the sentence enforcement judge to whom the sentenced person is subject pursuant to article 712-10, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 712-7. For sentenced persons serving one or…

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