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Showing 951960 of 25376 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 7 Oct. 1997 – JurisData 1997-003951

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

Article R450-7

The controller of connection data requests or, where applicable, his deputy, shall receive an allowance, the amount of which shall be set by order of the ministers responsible for the economy and the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions (R)

Article R2221-70

In the event of insufficient sums being made available to the régie, the régie may only request advances from the commune. The municipal council sets the date for repayment of advances.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of pharmacists working in pharmaceutical manufacturing and wholesale distribution companies and establishments.

Article R4235-70

The pharmacist in charge must check that all arrangements have been made for his replacement in the event of his absence. He must ensure that his replacement meets the required conditions.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-8

…odifying or refusing to modify the measures mentioned in the first and fourth paragraphs of article 712-6 or the obligations resulting from these measures or from measures ordered by the sentence enfo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-3

…e or court during an adversarial hearing held in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 712-6 or 712-7, in order for a decision to be taken on granting conditional release. If the person h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules applicable to the dissemination of advertisements.

Article L8221-7

…istribution shall make this information available to the control officers mentioned in article L. 8271-7 for a period of six months from the date on which the advertisement ceases to be distributed.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: BUDGETS AND ACCOUNTS

Article R3313-7

…to investment; 6° Presentation of the method of financing transactions on behalf of third parties ; 7° Presentation of commitments given and received; 8° Presentation of the use of revenue subject to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-7

In the event of a partial assignment, the successor in title is substituted for the author in the exercise of the rights assigned, under the conditions, within the limits and for the duration stipulat…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: RULES FOR THE FORMATION AND PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS

Article R223-7

Unless the consumer has unsubscribed, the data contained in the opposition list is kept by the organisation for a period of three years from the expiry of the registration period.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Trade union delegate, mandated employee, member of the staff delegation to the inter-company social and economic committee and employee adviser

Article R2421-7

The Labour Inspector and, in the event of an appeal through the hierarchy, the Minister shall examine in particular whether the proposed dismissal is related to the mandate held, applied for or previo…

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