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Showing 861870 of 49736 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 2 Mar. 1978 – no. 76-92008

French Civil CodeIn force
Title XVII: Participatory procedure agreement

Article 2063

…procedure agreement shall, on pain of nullity, be contained in a writing that specifies:1° Its term;2° The subject matter of the dispute;3° The documents and information necessary for resolving the di…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definition, assimilation and classification.

Article 28

The type of goods is the designation assigned to them by the Common Customs Tariff. Decrees issued by the Minister for the Economy and Finance may prescribe the use of the coding elements of the nomen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2-2

…ory. The rights provided for by this code may then be exercised against the operator of the station;2° When the uplink to the satellite is not made from a station located in a Member State of the Euro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-24

…duties.It may contain personal data of the kind mentioned in I of article 8 of the law of 6 January 1978, solely in cases where this data results from the nature or circumstances of the offence or rel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-22

…ate: 1° Decisions relating to plant protection products and their adjuvants mentioned in Article L. 253-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code and to fertilising materials and crop supports and thei…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Final provisions

Article L614-25

…sions of the International Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, signed at Paris on 20 March 1883, and of the arrangements, additional acts and closing protocols which have modified or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-6

…urbance to public safety or peace; b) An attack on persons, property or the authority of the State; 2° During procedures to investigate the causes of death mentioned in Article 74 or to search for the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-2-4

…oard of mutual insurance companies shall draw up a management report. The provisions of Article L. 322-4-3 of this Code apply.Mutual insurance companies shall appoint one or more statutory auditors to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 D

…pital gains that may arise from a transaction referred to in article 48 of law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production are taxable in the name of the société coo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Retirement

Article D1237-2-2

…ng in the fight against cardiac arrest and in life-saving techniques as provided for in article L. 1237-9-1. The time spent on this training is considered as working time. The awareness campaign takes…

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