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Showing 30413050 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedure

Article R321-35

The mediator shall be chosen on the basis of his or her skills and experience in relation to his or her role.The mediator shall ensure that any conflict of interest situations in which he or she is or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedure

Article R321-38

The mediator hears the parties, separately or jointly, and any person whose hearing he deems useful. The parties may be assisted by any person of their choice, whose identity they shall disclose prior…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedure

Article R321-39

When a party invokes business secrecy, it shall inform the mediator, at the time of disclosure, of the information, documents or parts of documents that it considers to be covered by such secrecy and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedure

Article R321-37

The mediator has a period of three months in which to carry out his task, from the date of receipt of the request, or where applicable the date of receipt of the parties' observations, or the expiry o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Procedure

Article R321-36

When a referral is made to the mediator by one of the parties, he shall inform the other parties, by letter delivered against signature or by any other means capable of establishing proof of the date…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Municipal services

Article L2573-32

The communes and their groupings may create public establishments, called communal centres and inter-communal centres for social action, to intervene in matters of social action, in compliance with lo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Provisions relating to measures ordered by the judge

Article 1239-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of article 1239-1, an appeal against a deliberation of the family council is open to all its members and to the guardianship judge, regardless of their opinion at t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: The National Register of Companies

Article D123-321

The amounts of the fees payable pursuant to Article L. 123-54 are set, for each formality, by the tables in Appendix 1-4 of this book. No fee is payable in the event of amendments made by the keeper o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: The National Register of Companies

Article R123-322

The fees referred to in II and III of Article L. 123-54 are collected by the single body referred to in Article R. 123-1, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 123-8. As an exception…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: The National Register of Companies

Article R123-323

…Moselle and the reference to the title of master craftsman provided for by the article 3 du décret n° 98-247 relatif à la qualification artisanale et au secteur des métiers et de l'artisanat is repla…

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