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Showing 15411550 of 27005 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 6 Dec. 1994

French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-6

…of his assets and which he may request to be repossessed under the conditions set out in Article L. 624-19.The debtor shall provide the administrator and the mandataire judiciaire, for the purposes of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-6

…rdless of the matrimonial regime and independently of the rights he/she derives from the articles 756 to 757-3 and 764 to 766 of the Civil Code on the other assets of the estate, of the usufruct of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Simplified extradition procedure

Article 696-30

…has been the subject of an extradition request, then the procedure shall be as set out in articles 696-15 et seq.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-84

The monitoring of judicial supervision measures ordered is governed by this code. As soon as the judicial supervision order is recognised as enforceable in France, the liberty and custody judge shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Interruption performed before the end of the fourteenth week of pregnancy.

Article L2212-6

In the event of confirmation, the doctor or midwife may personally perform the termination of pregnancy under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 2212-2. If they do not perfor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Investment in production

Article 311-61

The production company has a period of three years from the date of issue of the prior authorisation to obtain final authorisation.If this period is not respected, the production company is obliged to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Calculation of amounts credited to the automatic video publishing account

Article 611-12

Videogram publishers declare their turnover each month and, where applicable, provide any supporting documents.Turnover refers to the amount, excluding value added tax, of all sums, values, goods or s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L490-6

I.-The composition pénale provided for in article 41-2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is applicable to legal entities that admit having committed one or more of the offences provided for in title I…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-65

The drawer, an endorser or a guarantor may indicate a person to accept or pay as required. The bill of exchange may, under the conditions hereinafter determined, be accepted or paid by a person interv…

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

Article L741-6

If the judge finds that the debtor is in the situation referred to in 1° of article L. 724-1, the judge shall order a personal recovery without judicial liquidation, which shall have the same effects…

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