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Showing 27312740 of 47047 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7 February 1995 n° 318 · Cass. com. 17 November 1998 · Cass. com. 19 October 1999 · Cass. com. 11 January 2017 n° 15-22.382 · CA Versailles 19 January 2016 · Cass. com. 17 May 1994

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-2

…subcontractor due to damage affecting a work or items of equipment of a work mentioned in articles 1792 and 1792-2 are prescribed by ten years from acceptance of the work and, for damage affecting th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-3

In addition to actions governed by articles 1792-3, 1792-4-1 and 1792-4-2, liability actions directed against builders designated in articles 1792 and 1792-1 and their subcontractors lapse after ten y…

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

Article 695-17-1

If the public prosecutor is informed by the judicial authority of the executing Member State of a request from the arrested person for the appointment of a lawyer on national territory, he shall provi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Commission for the recognition of qualifications

Article A212-175-10

The committee draws up its own rules of procedure on the recommendation of its chairman. The commission's secretariat is provided by the sub-directorate for employment and training in the sports depar…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 9: Organisation of training leading to qualifications in physical and sporting activities in a specific environment

Article A212-175-14

Establishments providing training for a specific environment participate, under the authority of the Director of Sport, in any body that he convenes relating to that environment.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-17

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall lay down the conditions for the application of this sub-section.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-17-2

Subsidiaries or holdings that are exclusively or jointly controlled or over which significant influence is exercised are included in the consolidation.Significant influence over the management and fin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-17-1

The Institut national de la propriété industrielle collects the fees provided for in II of Article L. 123-54 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-17

The Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall register the company, by way of derogation from Article R. 422-3-1, within two months of receipt of the declaration pro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Infringements relating to other documents

Article 1729 C bis

Filing the list mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 102 AG of the Book of Tax Procedures is punishable by a tax fine of €200 per account holder omitted.

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