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Showing 11911200 of 39157 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 14 May 2013 – no. 12-17637

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R712-14

…e ministers responsible for the supervision of chambers of commerce and industry and for the budget may provide for the postponement of this date until the following 31 March.

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

Article R743-146

…the electronic consultation of entries made in the legal publicity registers held by the registries may not be invoiced for in any way, whether or not a copy, extract or certificate has been issued.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-14

…ave and half of this remuneration for the following six months.Unpaid leave of up to fifteen months may be granted, at his request, after obtaining the opinion of the medical committee provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Obligations of intermediary payment service providers and cooperation obligations

Article L722-14

…formation on the payer or payee, the intermediary payment service provider shall take action, which may initially include issuing warnings and setting deadlines. It may then reject any further transfe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-14

…'s observations and those of his lawyer, or after an adversarial hearing in accordance with Article 145. The decision is read out to the person under investigation. It may also be decided, without any…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 C

…y tax on built-up properties and from the business property tax provided for in articles 1383 A and 1464 B is subject to a decision by the deliberating body of the local authorities or public establis…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-149

…211-142, one other member of this committee, whether full or alternate, and tw…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-14

…accepted, goods transported in small consignments suspected of infringing a geographical indication may be destroyed under the supervision of customs officers where the applicant has, in his applicati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the implementation by organisers of profit-making sporting events of automated processing of personal data for the purposes of Article L. 332-1

Article R332-14

…ns of the general terms and conditions of sale or the internal regulations concerning safety, which may be implemented by any organiser of profit-making sporting events referred to in article L. 332-1…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: DEFENCE OR SECURITY CONTRACTS AWARDED WITHOUT PRIOR ADVERTISING OR COMPETITION

Article R2322-14

The purchaser may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering to meet a need with an estimated value of less than €100,000 excluding tax or for lots with an estimated value of…

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