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Showing 56215630 of 38608 articles for Art. n° 02-926 · Cass. 1re civ. 10 May 2007

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Jurisdictional rules

Article L716-5

I.-The following may only be brought before the Institut national de la propriété industrielle: 1° Applications for a declaration of invalidity based exclusively on one or more of the grounds listed i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-9

…sion services, and the sums mentioned in b of 1° of the same article are subject to a deduction of €10,000,000. This allowance is divided between a publisher mentioned in the first paragraph of articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Content and electronic form of the register

Article R521-2

…a ship within the meaning of Article L. 4111-1 du code des transports;9° Des hypothèques fluviales;10° Des actes de saisie de bateaux;11° Parmi les mesures d'inaliénabilité décidées par le tribunal e…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions relating to health, safety and working conditions

Article R114-75

…ing out their duties under the conditions set out in article 5-1 of the aforementioned decree of 28 May 1982.However, the Board of Directors may propose, after consultation with the Social Committee o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-3-2

…if decisions or injunctions issued on the basis of article L. 151-3-1, the Minister for the Economy may, after giving the investor the opportunity to comment on the alleged facts within a minimum peri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-11

…as been delegated, of financial instruments held in custody in accordance with II of Article L. 214-10-5. In the event of the loss of financial instruments held in safekeeping, the custodian shall ret…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Form, content and transmission of the contract.

Article L1242-12-1

…right of the employee, when such termination is initiated by the employer, to compensation equal to 10% of the employee's total gross remuneration.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title Ia: Home insurance

Article L215-2

…its managing agent, subject to the insurance obligation set out in article 9-1 of law no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965 establishing the status of co-ownership of built-up properties, who has applied to take…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R311-9

The registered creditors and the creditors listed in article 2377 and in 3° of article 2402 may, as from the publication of the summons for seizure and at any time during the proceedings, request the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable profits and income

Article 236 ter

…studies or archaeological operations that constitute an element of the cost price of a fixed asset may be deducted from the results of the financial year in which they are incurred, if they are carri…

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