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Showing 20512060 of 21091 articles for Art. CA Paris 20-5-2009 n° 08-2432

French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 10: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services

Article R211-50

…Agreement on the European Economic Area and who wishes to become established in France in order to carry out the activities referred to in I of article L. 211-1 must submit an application for registr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-5

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK I: Commerce in general.

Article Annexe 1-5-2

ENNEX 1-5-2 STANDARD FORM FOR SIMPLIFIED ANNUAL ACCOUNTING PUBLICATION STATEMENT-BUSINESS 1. Declarant (1) Name or business name of the legal entity Registered with the RCS, number Identity and capaci…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L713-5

…authorised by the proprietor of a well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, shall not constitute an infringement but…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia.

Article L934-5

For the application of articles L. 450-3, L. 450-3-1, L. 450-3-2, L. 450-4, L. 450-7, L. 450-8, L. 450-9, L. 450-10, L. 490-6 and L. 490-7in New Caledonia, the words: "the agents mentioned in Article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A132-9-5

…he annual report provided for in Article L. 132-9-3-1 includes the following information (all technical provisions combined, expressed in the form of a theoretical mathematical provision for point-bas…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 530-4

…n who has been fined an increased fixed-rate fine does not dispute the reality of the ticket but, because of financial difficulties, requests payment deadlines or an ex gratia remission, they send the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Provisions specific to certain local public services

Article L1852-5

…sia.The High Commissioner adopts the risk analysis and coverage plan, within five years of the publication of the ordonnance n° 2006-173 du 15 février 2006 portant actualisation et adaptation du droit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-5

…s made in the legal publicity registers for which they are responsible may be disseminated electronically under the conditions set out in this article: a) The information is disseminated directly by t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Hospital cooperatives of doctors

Article L6163-5

…de médecins may allow non-member third parties to benefit from their services or to participate in carrying out operations within the scope of their objects. This option must be mentioned in the arti…

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