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Showing 17611770 of 18708 articles for Art. Cass. com. 29 October 1963

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-9

…der the conditions set out in articles L. 1271-15, R. 1271-13 to R. 1271-18, D. 1271-28 and D. 1271-29 of this Code and article D. 133-26 of the Social Security Code: a) Employees working in jobs fall…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article A311-6

…itutes an obstacle to the implementation of the resolution measures provided for in Articles L. 311-29 to L. 311-49, in particular because of the number of entities it comprises, the complexity of its…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-2

…sation created by Article 4 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents, done at Munich on 5 October 1973, known as the "European Patent Convention", in application of Article 39 of this Conven…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal provisions

Article L425-9-1

…or which Appendix 1 to the International Convention against Doping in Sport, adopted in Paris on 19 October 2005, only provides for the possibility of reduced sanctions in exceptional circumstances, i…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Prevention of offences committed via the Internet

Article 67 D-9

…ng of Article 3(g) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 referred to above, may ask the court seised pursuant to the second paragraph of Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-7

…obligations to file the declarations provided for in 6° of I ofarticle 11 of law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on the transparency of public life. Their declarations of interest are made available t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-137

…al authorities pursuant to Article 34 of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor shall inform: 1° The competent public prosecutor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-16

…the allocation of funding to the organisation in question or reduce the amount thereof. Before 1st October each year, the fund submits a report to the Government and Parliament on the use of its appr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-55

…gements are set out in Articles 356 to 362 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014. An order of the Minister responsible for the economy specifies the detailed informatio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-11

…0;3° The cinematographic works were the subject of an application for investment approval between 1 October 2020 and 30 June 2021.The amount of the direct allocation is equal to 15% of the amount of t…

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