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Showing 17511760 of 44700 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30 June 1998 · Cass. com. 15 June 2010 · Cass. com. 15 May 1973 · Cass. com. 16 January 1996 · CA Versailles 7 June 2007

French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 14: Beef and veal, sheepmeat and pigmeat

Article R412-30

…1° The provisions of Articles 11 and 12, paragraphs 1, 2 and 5 of Article 13, Article 14, Article 15 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 15a of amended Regulation (EC) No 1760/2000 of the European Par…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Payment.

Article L511-30

…working days thereafter, any debtor shall be entitled to remit the amount thereof on deposit at the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, at the expense, risk and peril of the bearer.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZG

…and operated by the sociétés de courses under the conditions laid down by Article 5 of the Law of 2 June 1891, the purpose of which is to regulate the authorisation and operation of horse racing, and…

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

Article D712-30

The alert is sent by the National Institute of Industrial Property electronically within five working days of the publication of the filing of an application for registration of the trademark, contain…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L623-30

The action provided for in Article L. 623-1 when it is based on the same facts, the same breaches and compensation for the same losses as those that have already been the subject of the judgment provi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-30

Cooperative societies of dispensing pharmacists may not refuse their services in an emergency to non-associated dispensing pharmacists and to all public or private establishments where patients are tr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-30

…him will notify the employer of his decision within three months of the date of receipt of the application for approval, by any means that will allow this notification to be dated. It may, however, by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies.

Article R5221-30

The provisions of Section 7 of Chapter I of Title I of this Book, with the exception of Article R. 5211-54, the second paragraph of Article R. 5211-55 and Articles R. 5211-55-1, R. 5211-62 and R. 5211…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-16

…ion, in accordance with the rules and under the conditions determined by the articles 695-12 to 695-15. In the absence of a waiver of the benefit of the principle of speciality, where the person sough…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Decision

Article R4234-30

…e on which the penalty is to take effect, taking into account the time limit for appeal and, in the case of the national disciplinary chamber, where applicable, the time limit for lodging an objection…

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