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Showing 921930 of 43273 articles for Art. Cass. com. 5 May 2004

French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L112-5

Any trader may ask the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumption to take a formal position on the compliance with articles L. 112-1 to L. 112-4 and the regulatory measures a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article L721-5

…he defence and management body as long as it complies with the approved specifications. An operator may only use a geographical indication if it is a member of the defence and management body for that…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Automatic transfer.

Article R324-5

The decision of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution provided for in Article L. 324-5 shall be made after the measures provided for in Article L. 612-33, 14° of the Monetary and Financ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Approved bodies for the management of the right to authorise simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission and representation by a signal distributor

Article R323-5

…17-2, the second paragraph of I of article L. 217-4 and the third paragraph of II of article L. 217-5 shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt addressed to a collective manag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct

Article L519-5

…L. 341-1 and L. 341-2, they are subject to the provisions of this section and to Article L. 341-10, 5° to 7° of Article L. 341-12, Articles L. 341-13, L. 341-16, L. 341-17 and L. 353-1 to L. 353-5.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 431-5

…rticle…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2362-5

The provisions of articles R. 2162-4 and R. 2162-5 apply.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Supervision of the financial system, cooperation and exchanges of information on national territory

Article R631-5

…ns under 4°, 4° bis or 4° ter of Article L. 631-2-1: a) Under the conditions laid down, as the case may be, in Article 458 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-5

…assigned a national registration number. Subject to the provisions of articles L. 614-4 and L. 614-5, notice of the conversion shall be published in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article R311-5

…Article L. 311-1 crosses a threshold applicable to it, among those mentioned in I of Article L. 311-5, it shall inform the supervisory board within one month of this crossing. This person has a period…

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