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Showing 431440 of 23655 articles for Art. Galec v. France – ECtHR – 17 Jan. 2012 – no. 51255/08

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article L615-17

Civil actions and claims relating to patents for invention, including in the cases provided for in Article L. 611-7 or when they also concern a related question of unfair competition, shall be brought…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-17

In order to calculate the group solvency of an undertaking mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 which is a participating undertaking in a credit institution, investment firm or financi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The Borough Council

Article L2511-17

The municipal council or the Paris council may also delegate to the arrondissement council, with the latter's agreement, the management of any facilities or services of the municipality or the City of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance rules

Article R513-17

In addition to the committee provided for in article R. 513-20, the association's articles of association set up a general meeting and a board of directors. These articles of association lay down the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-17

In the cases referred to in Articles R. 1454-12 and R. 1454-13, the case is referred to a subsequent hearing of the Judgement Committee in its restricted composition. The court clerk will notify by an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Arbitration procedure

Article R2524-17

The rapporteur reads his report at the hearing. Before the Government commissioner delivers his conclusions, the president may authorise either the parties or the lawyers at the Conseil d'Etat and the…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions contained in Community regulations or international treaties and agreements which the customs administration is required to apply.

Article 17 bis

…down by the European Union or by international treaties or agreements duly ratified or approved by France, which the customs administration is required to apply.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L2315-17

The training is provided either by a body appearing on a list drawn up by the administrative authority under conditions determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, or by one of the bodies mentioned in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-17

If, after having received the necessary approval from the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution for the use of an internal model, an insurance or reinsurance undertaking ceases to comply wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Resources.

Article R512-17

The Regional Mutuals shall repay to the central body the advances granted to them by the central body as and when they obtain repayment of the loans granted with the aid of these advances and at the l…

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