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Showing 86018610 of 35823 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 28 May 2002 – no. 00-16.857

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-27

…blic communication services and organisations representing other sectors of activity. The agreement may be made compulsory for all interested parties in the sectors of activity concerned by order of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-30

…of all or part of the business or liquidation, the administrator, debtor or liquidator, as the case may be, is required to establish a separate lot for each audiovisual work that may be the subject of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-7-1

…in this code, where the regulations so provide, the additional penalty defined in Article L. 335-7 may be imposed in the same way, in the event of gross negligence, on the holder of access to an onli…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-18

…the consumer, for contracts for the sale of goods. In the case of off-premises contracts, consumers may exercise their right of withdrawal from the time the contract is concluded.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-3

Consent to the divorce and its effects cannot be presumed. The agreement shall expressly include, on pain of nullity: 1° The surname, forenames, profession, residence, nationality, date and place of b…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 426

…udge or by the family council if it has been constituted, without prejudice to any formalities that may be required by the nature of the property. If the purpose of the deed is to admit the person con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 465

…Justice and if the sentence handed down is at least one year's unsuspended imprisonment, the court may, by special reasoned decision, where the elements of the case justify a particular security meas…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article R211-16

…oard agendas and related documents are sent to Board members at least eight days in advance. Boards may only meet if a majority of their members in office are present or represented. If this quorum is…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article R212-10-15

…e obligations laid down in articles R. 212-10-11 to R. 212-10-13, the rector of the academic region may proceed :1° Suspend the authorisation of the training body. This decision entails the suspension…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Offences relating to cheques and other non-cash money instruments

Article L163-9

…t a sum equal to the amount of the cheque, without prejudice, where appropriate, to any damages. He may, however, if he prefers, bring an action for payment of his claim before the civil or commercial…

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