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Showing 351360 of 53735 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 January 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 20 December 2012 · Cass. com. 29 January 2002 · Cass. com. 3 May 2012

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3 : Issue of plant variety certificates

Article R623-29

From the day of publication in the Official Bulletin, any person may inspect the plant variety certificate as entered in the National Register of Plant Variety Certificates at the headquarters of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Assessment of existing regulatory standards

Article R1213-29

…local authorities or public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may be submitted to the national council by a mayor, president of a public establishment of inter-mu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-29

In the event of eviction, the premises must be returned to the lessor on expiry of a period of three months following the date of payment of the eviction compensation to the lessee himself or notifica…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-29

At the request of the beneficiary of the docket, the debtor may undertake to pay the beneficiary directly: this undertaking is recorded, on pain of nullity, in a written document entitled: "Deed of ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The decision on the merits of the request and the implementation of corrective measures by the prison administration

Article R249-29

…f the applicant is not assisted by a lawyer, to the applicant. On receipt of this report, the judge may proceed, where appropriate in accordance with the procedures laid down in the article R. 249-24,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 209

…ts liable to corporation tax shall be determined in accordance with the rules laid down in Articles 34 to 45,53 A to 57,108 to 117,237 ter A et 302 septies A bis and taking into account only profits m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Annual consultation on company social policy, working conditions and employment

Article L2312-29

…the reporting threshold of three hundred employees in accordance with the provisions of article L. 2312-34, the first social balance sheet of the company or establishment covers the year following tha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-29

…e liquidator shall be allocated emoluments determined by an order issued pursuant to article L. 444-3 : 1° In respect of disposals of tangible movable assets, on the basis of the total amount, inclusi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XIV: Trusts

Article 2029

The trust contract is terminated by the death of the natural person settlor, by the occurrence of the term or by the realisation of the aim pursued when this takes place before the term.When all of th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Provisions applicable to non-fixed fines

Article A37-29

…dure that have resulted in the offender being questioned or that have been recorded in his presence may be recorded using the forms described in articles A. 37 to A. 37-11 above. In this case, the fro…

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