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Showing 13411350 of 62271 articles for Art. Trib. com. Bobigny 18 May 2018 · CA Lyon 12 September 2019 · Decree 2020-118 of 12 February 2020

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-12

I. - Where the detention provided for by European Union regulations and relating to goods suspected of infringing a copyright or related right is implemented before an application by the right holder…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-128

In companies with fewer than three hundred employees, the employer may defer the employee's leave or the start of the period of part-time work if exercising this right would result in the number of ho…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions relating to checks prior to opening a Livret A passbook account

Article R221-124

I. - The information communicated by the tax authorities pursuant to article R. 221-123 may not be communicated to the institution's sales department, which is informed only of the existence of anothe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-12

The employee adviser may be struck off the list by the Prefect, under the conditions set out in Article L. 1232-13.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-123

Profits shall be distributed in accordance with the Articles of Association. However, remuneration for capital contributions may not exceed two-thirds of profits.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Enforcement measures

Article L633-12

…trôle prudentiel et de résolution, when appointed as coordinator, finds that the regulated entities of a financial conglomerate comply with the requirements referred to in Article L. 517-8 but that th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-9

The producer may be liable for the defect even though the product was manufactured in compliance with the rules of the trade or existing standards or was the subject of an administrative authorisation…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-12

The minimum time limit for receipt of applications shall be thirty days from the date on which the contract notice is sent or, where the call for competition is made by means of a prior information no…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-12

Two or more industrial property attorneys registered on the national list of industrial property attorneys provided for in Article L. 422-1 may form a professional non-trading company between themselv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Enforcement and sanctions

Article R151-12

In the event of an emergency, exceptional circumstances or an imminent threat to public order, public safety or national defence, the Minister may impose a measure provided for in I or II of Article L…

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