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Showing 29012910 of 21230 articles for Art. Cass. com. 11 février 1980

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-12

…which serves as a guarantee for the payment of compensation in the cases listed in article L. 1322-11.The State, in respect of springs of which it is the owner, is exempt from the requirement to prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures

Article L611-12

…ion proceedings automatically terminates the agreement recorded or approved pursuant to Article L. 611-8. In this case, the creditors recover all of their claims and securities, less any sums collecte…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1391

…d for in Article 18 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Claims Procedure shall be exercised in accordance with th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article L662-4

…en all the sums paid to the judicial representative by the institutions mentioned in Article L. 143-11-4of the Labour Code, pursuant to the tenth paragraph of Article L. 143-11-7 of said Code, have be…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-98

In order to obtain the aid, operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments must complete and send electronically, by 31 May 2022 at the latest, the form drawn up by the Centre national du c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operating grants without earmarking

Article L2335-4

…net rate of each of the local direct taxes mentioned in Article 1 of the loi n° 80-10 du 10 janvier 1980 portant aménagement de la fiscalité directe locale, applied in the said municipality during the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article R211-42

…which this sum is due to the victim.In the case provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 211-11, the amounts claimed are provisional only if the third party payer expressly states this.

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

Article R712-28-1

…s period is interrupted, where applicable, by the notification provided for in 1° of article R. 712-11 until the declaration is regularised.

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

Article R712-23-1

…712-4 until the decision ruling on the latter or by the notification provided for in Article R. 712-11 until the application is regularised.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Economic, social, environmental and trade union training leave

Article R2145-5

…of the industrial tribunal to which the matter has been referred in application of article L. 2145-11 will make the final decision, in accordance with the accelerated procedure on the merits.

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