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Showing 81418150 of 27005 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 6 Dec. 1994

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-10-2

For the purposes of investigating market abuse as defined by Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for Community credit institutions

Article R613-28

…claim, instrument or right is deemed to be unstructured within the meaning of 4° of I of Article L. 613-30-3 a security, claim, instrument or right that has the following characteristics: 1° The princ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-46

…methods;5° Reports on the controls carried out by the applicant in compliance with the said methods;6° The preparation formula with, in particular, all relevant information on the container;7° The cap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Deeds and formalities relating to partition and sale by voluntary auction

Article A444-196

A fixed fee of €346.16 is charged for publication of the judgment in the Land Registry (number 40 in Table 6).The fee for publication of the judgment in the Land Registry (number 40 in Table 6) is €34…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Leave of absence and maternity leave.

Article L1225-28

…th of the mother during the period of compensation defined in the first paragraph of article L. 331-6 of the Social Security Code, the father may suspend his employment contract for a period at most e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-1 B

…interruptions to the water distribution service or disruptions to supplies in application of 3° and 6° of article L. 1321-4, article L. 3131-1 or as part of the implementation, by the State representa…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Control of video exhibition revenues

Article A222-2

…d;4° The contractual exploitation period for the work;5° The name of the laboratory or laboratories;6° The video release date;7° The number of copies edited and delivered;8° The amount of net sales in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Additional provisions

Article L3142-130

…e employer does not agree; 3° The conditions and time limits for the information mentioned in 4° to 6° of the same Article L. 3142-129 are set by decree; 4° The number of employees absent on leave in…

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

Article R712-17

The examination phase or the time limit set in the first paragraph of Article R. 712-16-2 are suspended: 1° Where the opposition is based in whole or in part on an application for registration of a tr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-11

…ed; 5° Where applicable, the variation in commercial guarantees depending on the products compared; 6° Whether or not the offers of goods or services compared are exhaustive and the number of sites or…

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