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Showing 34313440 of 54357 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · Cass. com. 6 June 1972 · Cass. com. 2 July 2002 n° 00-18.243

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Independent management bodies

Article L321-6

…isations established in France are subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 322-1, the first, second and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 324-6, Articles L. 324-7, L. 324-8, L. 3…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-6

The right to the industrial property title mentioned in Article L. 611-1 belongs to the inventor or his successor in title. If several people have made the invention independently of each other, the r…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Aggressive commercial practices

Article L121-6

…nding circumstances:1° It significantly alters or is likely to alter a consumer's freedom of choice;2° It vitiates or is likely to vitiate a consumer's consent;3° It hinders the exercise of a consumer…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Freedom of dissemination

Article L333-6

Journalists and staff from written or audiovisual media companies have free access to sports venues, subject to constraints directly linked to the safety of the public and sportsmen and women, and to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Semi-public companies

Article R122-6

…cles of association applicable to the local semi-public sports companies referred to in Article L. 122-12 are set out in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application

Article L314-6

The provisions of this chapter apply without prejudice to additional prior information requirements laid down in other legislation.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Export assignment contract.

Article L1223-6

…of the export assignment contract sets out in particular:1° The categories of employees concerned ;2° The nature of the export assignments concerned and their minimum duration, which may not be less…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Parental presence leave.

Article L1225-62

…L. 513-1 of the Social Security Code and who fulfils one of the conditions set out in article L. 512-3 of the same code is suffering from a particularly serious illness, disability or accident that m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Parental presence leave.

Article L1225-65

The duration of the parental presence leave is taken into account in its entirety for the purposes of determining the employee's rights based on seniority within the company.The employee retains the b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Parental presence leave.

Article L1225-64

…the household's resources, the employee who has completed the formality provided for in article L. 1225-52 is returned to his previous job or a similar job with at least equivalent remuneration.

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