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Showing 11311140 of 51146 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 2 Nov. 2011 – no. 10-22.859

French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to sub-contracts that have the nature of a sub-contract

Article L2393-10

…ection apply to subcontracts concluded for the performance of the contracts mentioned in article L. 2193-1.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Litigation concerning the invalidity and revocation of trademarks

Article R716-10

…indication has been noted.Where invalidity proceedings are suspended pursuant to the provisions of 2° and 3° of Article R. 716-9, they are resumed at the request of one of the parties transmitting to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Personal recovery without compulsory liquidation

Article R741-10

…shed by the registry of the judicial court in accordance with the forms provided for in Article R. 723-2.Failing agreement between the parties, the protection litigation judge shall designate, by orde…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-10

By way of derogation from the provisions of Title VI of Book II of the Code of Civil Procedure, appeals brought before the Paris Court of Appeal against decisions of the Competition Authority shall be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-10

…1° All activities of a commercial nature, whether exercised directly or through an intermediary ; 2° Being a partner in a société en nom collectif, a general partner in a société en commandite simpl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-10

…the Group management report. Where the person or entity is subject to the provisions of article L. 225-102-1, the statutory auditors certify that the statements required by this article are included,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1076-1

In the case of a shared gift made jointly by two spouses, the non-common child may be allotted on the basis of its author in the latter's own property or in common property, without the spouse, howeve…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078-3

The agreements referred to in the two preceding articles may take place even in the absence of new gifts by the disposant. They are not regarded as gifts between the presumptive heirs, but as a partit…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1078-1

The lot of certain beneficiaries may be made up, in whole or in part, of donations, either subject to return or made outside their share, already received by them from the disposing person, having reg…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Gift-shares made to presumptive heirs.

Article 1077-1

A reservataire heir, who has not contributed to the shared gift, or who has received a lot less than his share of the reserve, may exercise the action in reduction, if there is not at the opening of t…

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