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Showing 25312540 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-151

…uests submitted to registrars may relate to: 1° Individual files or a group of files; in the second case, they correspond to the search criteria defined by the order provided for in Article R. 123-166…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article LO6431-32

…s of it being forwarded to him or her, ask the Territorial Council or the Executive Council, as the case may be, by means of a reasoned order, for a new reading of an act or deliberation. In the cases…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Appeal procedures

Article L342-13

…he first president of the court of appeal or his delegate to declare his appeal suspensive. In this case, the appeal, together with the request, must be lodged within ten hours of notification of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article R122-9

I. - In the case of the sale of an original graphic or plastic work at public auction, the art market professional responsible for the payment of droit de suite is, as the case may be, the voluntary s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops

Article L522-36

…and obtain by order of the judge, by proving his ownership and giving security, a duplicate in the case of the receipt, payment of the secured debt in the case of the warrant. If in this case the sub…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Oral proceedings

Article 837

…cy justifies it, the president of the judicial court or the protection litigation judge hearing the case in summary proceedings may refer the case to a hearing and set a date for a decision on the mer…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions required for the validity of the contract.

Article 1973

…d for the benefit of a third party, although the price is provided by another person. In the latter case, although it has the characteristics of a liberality, it is not subject to the forms required f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: External action by local and regional authorities

Article D1115-6

…t carried out in accordance with the rules of private law with the exception of the following three cases: 1° Where the contract setting up the consortium provides otherwise; 2° Where the consortium i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Conciliation and referral

Article R1454-12

…article L. 1454-1-3 is applied, unless the conciliation and referral office decides to postpone the case to a subsequent hearing of the judgment office. The conciliation and referral office may also d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 quinquies C

…n decides to apply I and 1 of II, it may set two different rates for each of these schemes. In this case, and when a facility referred to in 1 of II is located in an area mentioned in I, 1 of II is ap…

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