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Showing 19411950 of 24636 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 23-11-2023 n° 22-21.463

French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-5

I. - In order to re-establish sporting fairness, when a violation of the rules relating to the fight against doping is found in connection with an in-competition test in individual sports, the compete…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to mutual assistance between France and the other Member States of the European Union

Article D47-1-22

Exchanges of information between competent authorities shall be made by any means that leaves a written record and under conditions that enable the recipient to verify the origin and authenticity of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-4

When the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle grants the opposition on one of the grounds mentioned in Article L. 613-23-1 raised by the opponent, the patent may be:…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article L512-22-2

For the application of the third paragraph of the article 11 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the public prosecutor may, for the same purposes and under the same conditions, make public, through the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Technical sports advisors to sports federations

Article D131-23-1

Without prejudice to the allowances mentioned in article R. 131-21, an allowance may be paid to the sports technical advisor, up to an annual amount set in the framework agreement mentioned in article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-22

The managing service shall proceed with the deletion of data entered in the directory: a) Upon expiry of the period provided for in Article R. 53-21-20 ; b) When informed of one of the decisions menti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-23-1

…ts provided for therein no later than 31 December of the year following the promulgation of the law n° 2004-811 du 13 août 2004 de modernisation de la sécurité civile.Failing this, the transfer is dec…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 quater B

…interest groupings formed and operating under the conditions provided for in Chapter II of the loi n° 2011-525 du 17 mai 2011 de simplification et d'amélioration de la qualité du droit do not fall wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-23-1

For public undertakings not covered by article L. 2233-1, orders issued by the ministers concerned specify the bodies called upon to give their opinion under the conditions set out in article R. 3142-…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-22-3

Any person governed by public or private law may obtain a compulsory licence under the conditions set out in this article and in Article L. 623-22-4. The application for a compulsory licence is made t…

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