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Showing 11511160 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation concerning Community designs

Article L522-2

…isdiction to hear the actions and claims provided for in Article 80 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs, including where such actions and claims concern both…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposal for redeployment leave

Article R1233-17

…the event of redundancies of less than ten employees within the same thirty-day period, and L. 1233-28, in the event of redundancies of ten or more employees within the same thirty-day period.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D29

The President may designate one of the Vice-Presidents or judges of the court to replace him in the exercise of the functions provided for in Article D. 28, one of the vice-presidents or judges of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-21

I. - This paragraph applies, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 6 of Directive 2002/14/EC of 11 March 2002:1° To one or more AIFs managed by the same management company which, either separ…

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

Article R613-7

…al issued under a decision prohibiting their return are those that apply, under Article 7 of Decree no. 2010-569 of 28 May 2010 relating to the wanted persons file, to cases where the reason for regis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-12

…prosecutor and letters rogatory from the examining magistrate in the matters mentioned in l'article 28-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Bodies of the commune

Article L2573-7

…rtant diverses mesures de simplification de l'action publique localeL. 2123-1-1 to L. 2123-2the law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 L. 2123-3, L. 2123-5 and L. 2123-6 to L. 2123-8 the law no. 2002-2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article R622-26

…tion and civil enforcement proceedings suspended pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 622-28 shall be pursued on the initiative of the creditors benefiting from guarantees mentioned in the l…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D112-29

The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may decide, by decision published in the Bulletin officiel du cinéma et de l'image animée, that categories of acts other than those p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article D6523-14-5

I.-For the application in Mayotte of articles D. 6341-28-1, D. 6341-28-2, D. 6341-28-3 and D. 6341-28-4, the sum of "685 euros" is replaced by the sum of "609 euros". II - For the application of artic…

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