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Showing 47114720 of 65061 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 March 1953 · Cass. 3e civ. 23 May 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 21 July 1999 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. com. 2 June 1958 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 January 1971 · Cass. 3e civ. 20 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 December 2010

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

Article R712-15

…who was not entitled to do so, or which does not comply with the conditions set out in articles R. 712-13 and R. 712-14, is declared inadmissible.Where the opposition is based on several prior rights…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Identification of accounts

Article L721-15

…ccounts and safes that it centralises in order to carry out the duties assigned to it by Article L. 721-14, for the purpose of recovering all types of public debt. The Institute is exempt from profess…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-4

…l police officers and deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1°, 1° bis and 1° ter of Article 21 may carry out not only the identity checks provided for in the eighth paragraph of article 78-2 b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-39-2

…In the case of the rapporteur, within one month of notification of the decision appointing him/her;2° In the case of a member of the panel called upon to deliberate, within fifteen days of notificati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article R812-15

In application of the last paragraph of Article L. 812-3, persons who have successfully completed a course of study of at least three years' duration or of an equivalent duration on a part-time basis…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-12

…of aid from the compensation fund is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6b: SME Innovation Account

Article L221-32-7

The institution with which an SME innovation account defined in Article L. 221-32-4 is opened shall keep, for each unit or share held in the securities account, as well as for the cash held in the cas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-3

On pain of nullity, the decision authorising the use of the device referred to in Article 706-102-1 specifies the offence giving rise to the operations, the exact location or detailed description of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-112-3

…guardian, so that the person's possible assent provided for in the first two paragraphs of Article 76 is given only after he or she has been able to speak with the curator or guardian. Failing this,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requests to make data available electronically

Article R15-33-73

…nationale de l'informatique et des libertés when completing the formalities provided for by loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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