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Showing 35313540 of 41812 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 30-3-2023

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

Article R712-3

The application shall comprise:1° The application for registration of the trade mark drawn up in accordance with the conditions laid down by the decision referred to in Article R. 712-26 and specifyin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Interest rates

Article R314-3

For all credit transactions other than those mentioned in article R. 314-2, the annual percentage rate of charge referred to in article L. 314-3 is calculated in arrears, expressed per hundred monetar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Agreement procedure

Article 1546-3

A deed of procedure countersigned by a lawyer is drawn up jointly by the lawyers of the parties to a dispute which may or may not have given rise to referral to a court, outside or as part of a partic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIc: Enforcement of sentences and probation decisions in application of the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 27 November 2008

Article 764-3

Alternative sanctions and probation measures the monitoring of which may be transferred to the executing State are those which impose one or more of the following obligations or injunctions: 1° An obl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Commercial leases.

Article R145-35

The following may not be charged to the tenant: 1° Expenses relating to the major repairs mentioned in the article 606 of the Civil Code as well as, where applicable, the fees for carrying out this wo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R526-3

The declaration of assignment mentioned in Article L. 526-7 contains the following information:1° The surname, business name, first names, date, place of birth and domicile of the sole trader;2° The n…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: The safety study

Article R4462-3

In addition to the single risk assessment document provided for in Article R. 4121-1, the employer shall draw up a safety study for each pyrotechnic activity mentioned in Article R. 4462-1 and for act…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4341-3

Speech and language therapists are authorised to perform the following acts:1° In the field of abnormalities of oral or written expression :a) Re-education of language functions in young children with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-3

No person may be discriminated against in access to prevention or care.A healthcare professional may not refuse to treat a person, including refusing to provide emergency contraception, on one of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives and means of intervention

Article L412-3

The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may, under conditions determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, call upon auditors, chartered accountants or other persons or bodie…

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