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Showing 33513360 of 7796 articles for Art. CE 29-12-1995 n° 118754

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title III: Procedures and penalties

Article R335-15

The costs relating to the detention measure or precautionary measures ordered by the civil court charged to the holder of the copyright or related right pursuant to this code and Article 29 of Regulat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-13

…ng transactions relating to goodwill or craft businesses mentioned in 3° of l'article 1er de la loi n° 66-455 du 2 juillet 1966 relative aux entreprises pratiquant le crédit-bail. The provisions of Ar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article L623-22

…bruary 1995 relating to the organisation of the courts and to civil, criminal and administrative procedure, in order to obtain compensation for the individual losses mentioned in Article L. 623-1.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article R2513-4

The Lyon municipal social action centre is subject to the provisions of decree no. 95-562 of 6 May 1995 relating to municipal and inter-municipal social action centres and the municipal social action…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-9

…le 29(4) and (5) of Regulation (EU) 2017/2402 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 creating a general framework for securitisation and a specific framework for simple, tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article R2513-2

The Marseille municipal social action centre is subject to the provisions of articles 39 and 40 of decree no. 95-562 of 6 May 1995 relating to municipal and inter-municipal social action centres and t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-13

For the classification and allocation of aid in year n, the reference period runs from film week 27 of year n-3 to film week 26 of year n-1. In the cases mentioned in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate

Article R2123-6

Given the requirements of the public education service, the weekly service of staff belonging to teaching bodies or job categories who benefit from a credit of hours in accordance with Article L. 2123…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-72

…cles of Association comply with the requirements of articles 8, 11, 14, 15, 19, 20 and 24 de la loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966. They also state: 1° The surname, first names and domicile of each mem…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R4134-8

…with the agreement of the president of the regional council, convene it in another location.As an exception to the previous paragraph, in the regions grouped pursuant to the loi n° 2015-29 du 16 janvi…

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