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Showing 44614470 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-6

…nque de France or the Deputy Governor appointed to represent him, Chairman ; 2° The Vice-Chairman ; 3° Two members appointed by the Supervisory Board from among the members mentioned in 7° of Article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-1

…officer or, under the latter's control, the judicial police officer or, in the case provided for in 3° of Article 21-3, the investigation assistant may, by any means, request any person, any private o…

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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 696-134

…udge hearing the information shall remain competent, including in the cases mentioned in Article 25(6) of Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 referred to above. As long as the Europea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to agricultural products and foodstuffs

Article L443-6

…use or disclosure of business secrets, within the meaning of articles L. 151-4, L. 151-5 and L. 151-6, by a purchaser of agricultural and food products is punishable by an administrative fine of up to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial arrangements for agencies

Article L1432-6

…re set each year by order of the ministers responsible for health, social security and agriculture; 3° Contributions from the Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l'autonomie for actions concerning med…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-6

…provided for in Part Six of this Code do not allow the issue of the residence permits mentioned in 6°, 8°, 17° and 20° of article R. 5221-2, 1°, 2°, 3° and 5° of I and II of article R. 5221-3 and may…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Drawing up the research report

Article R612-60

In the event of the filing of new claims, the changes made to the claims shall be indicated. Upon request, the applicant may, in this case, be authorised to eliminate from the description and drawings…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IIb: Provisions applicable to certain infringements of the public land transport services police regulations

Article R49-8-2

…prefect, a file describing the training and organisation arrangements provided for in article R. 49-8-1. This file includes the following information: 1° The name of the organisation or person providi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-6

For the application of articles L. 132-2 and L. 132-3 the court may ask both the parties and the advertiser to provide all relevant documents.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Direct referral to the Commission nationale d'aménagement commercial (National Commission for Commercial Development)

Article R752-43-8

The provisions of articles R. 752-37 and R. 752-38 are applicable.

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