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Showing 621630 of 59844 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 5-1-2012 n° 10-12.741

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-10

The publishing contract must state the minimum number of copies constituting the first print run. However, this obligation does not apply to contracts providing for a minimum of copyright guaranteed b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L132-10

A contract concluded as a result of an aggressive commercial practice mentioned in articles L. 121-6 and L. 121-7 is null and void.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 100 bis

I - Taxable profits from literary, scientific or artistic production as well as those from the practice of sport may, at the request of taxpayers subject to the controlled declaration regime, be deter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Personnel management

Article L1424-10

Volunteer firefighters and volunteers on firefighter civic service are hired and managed by the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service.As an exception to the first paragraph, volunteer fi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-10

The specially authorised personnel of the national police and gendarmerie services designated for this purpose as well as the specially authorised personnel of the State invested by law with judicial…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-10

The profits, within the meaning of Article L. 232-11 of the French Commercial Code, of single-member limited sports companies and public limited sports companies are allocated to the constitution of r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative organisation

Article L114-10

The sports resources, expertise and performance centres are administered by a Board of Directors made up of twenty or twenty-five members, depending on the size or specific nature of the establishment…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R222-10

In each sporting discipline, the sports agent's licence is issued by the sports agent's commission of the relevant delegating federation to natural persons: 1° who, unless exempted by the application…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-10

The company pension savings plan provides that from the fifth year prior to the maturity date mentioned in article L. 224-1, the holder may contact the plan manager by any means in order to obtain inf…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work.

Article L1255-10

A fine of 3,750 euros shall be imposed on any user who makes use of a temporary employee : 1° Either without having concluded a written secondment contract with a temporary employment agency, within t…

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