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Showing 56915700 of 43491 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 3 Apr. 2012 – no. 11-13.527

French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-6

…ms detention is immediately informed by a customs officer, under the conditions set out in article 63-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: 1° Of his or her detention, as well as the duration of the me…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: House arrest where removal is deferred

Article L731-3

…enforce a ban on returning to French territory pursuant to articles L. 612-6, L. 612-7 and L. 612-8;3° The foreign national must be removed to implement a decision taken by another State, pursuant to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-3

…gether with a list of the corresponding classes in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 711-3-1;d) Where applicable, an indication that the right of priority attached to a previous foreign fil…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Overall effective rate

Article R314-3

For all credit transactions other than those mentioned in article R. 314-2, the annual percentage rate of charge referred to in article L. 314-3 is calculated in arrears, expressed per hundred monetar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1a: Documents countersigned by lawyers

Article 1546-3

…ich they intend to limit the debate, where they relate to rights that are freely available to them; 3° Agree on the arrangements for communicating their written submissions; 4° Have recourse to a tech…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-18

…ffice of the new association resulting from the merger, demerger or partial contribution of assets; 3° The date on which the project is finalised and the date scheduled for the meeting of the general…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Rental charges, taxes, fees and works

Article R145-35

…s, where such work falls within the scope of the major repairs mentioned in the previous paragraph; 3° Taxes, in particular the territorial economic contribution, duties and fees for which the lessor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: The safety study

Article R4462-3

…e explosive substances or objects, their characteristics and their sensitivity to accidental stress;3° A risk assessment identifying the pyrotechnic events likely to occur and analysing their causes;4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4341-3

…he learning of oro-oesophageal or tracheo-pharyngeal voices and the use of any phonatory prosthesis;3° In the field of neurological pathologies:a) Re-education of dysarthria and dysphagia ;b) Re-educa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-3

…y of care must be ensured whatever the circumstances, under the conditions laid down in article L. 6315-1 of this Code.The procedures for applying this article shall be laid down by regulation.

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