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Showing 66616670 of 23635 articles for Art. Cass. soc. – 8 Oct. 1980 – no. 79-12125

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article R335-6

…7° Information necessary to enable the customs authorities to easily recognise the genuine goods; 8° Any information useful to the service in assessing the risk of infringement of the protected righ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consumer mediation assessment and monitoring committee

Article R615-6

…ture of the mediation process; 7° The non-binding nature of the outcome of the mediation procedure; 8° The circumstances in which a dispute cannot be handled by the mediator. If this information is mo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L613-50-9

…mplementation of the measure referred to in the first paragraph.The provisions of Article L. 613-50-8 shall apply to reasonable expenses incurred by the acquirer in applying the first paragraph.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pricing and approval.

Article L5123-1

…pharmacists, with the exception of the medicinal products and products mentioned in article L. 5121-8, may not be sold at a price higher than that resulting from the national pharmaceutical tariff. Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-1

…ical trials, are carried out by establishments governed by Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and by this chapter.II.-In each establishment authorised under Article 88 of Regulation (EU) 2019/…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-9

…Acquisitions, disposals, exchanges of buildings and the terms of leases of more than eighteen years;8° Agreements with research organisations and the acquisition of shareholdings necessary for the imp…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Cross-border processing

Article R236-40

…nsformation are determined; 7° the likely effects of the cross-border transformation on employment; 8° The procedures for making a buyback offer to members in accordance with Article L. 236-40; > The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Measures aimed at eliminating pay differentials between women and men in the company and ensuring a balanced distribution of each sex among senior executives and members of management bodies

Article D1142-2

…mpanies with more than two hundred and fifty employees, the indicators mentioned in Article L. 1142-8 are as follows: 1° The pay gap between women and men, calculated on the basis of the average pay o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal against certain decisions of the General Rapporteur of the Competition Authority

Article R464-24-3

The appeal provided for in Article L. 464-8-1 shall be lodged within ten days of notification of the decision of the rapporteur general of the Competition Authority. It shall be brought before the fir…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article R2313-1

…his data also includes the following ratios: 7° Personnel expenditure/actual operating expenditure; 8° Tax potential mobilisation coefficient and, where applicable, extended tax potential mobilisation…

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