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Showing 26612670 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-11

…right and outside the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, as part of its controls, detain goods likely to infringe a copyright or related right. The hold…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Tax on seasonal self-employed business activities.

Article L422-11

…hich are reproduced below: "Art. L. 2333-88 of the General Local Authorities Code. Any municipality may, by resolution of the municipal council, institute a tax on unsalaried seasonal commercial activ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles of organisation and operation of the body reception facility

Article R1261-11

…dministration and management of the reception facility. The establishment holding the authorisation may organise and run the host structure for the bodies for which it remains directly and exclusively…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article L133-11

…h of II of article L. 2334-7 of the General Local Authorities Code, in its version prior to article 150 of law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 on finance for 2016, from the additional allocation or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Bonus points for sporting titles

Article A212-115

…ications listed in appendix II-5. Candidates enrolled in the course mentioned in article A. 212-105 may not benefit from this bonus. The bonus points are to be added to the overall total of points obt…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-11

Insurance or reinsurance undertakings may decide to publish in the report referred to in Article L. 355-5 any information or explanations relating to their solvency and financial position other than t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Receivership.

Article L631-11

…e public prosecutor.In the absence of remuneration, the persons mentioned in the previous paragraph may obtain from the assets, for themselves and their families, subsidies set by the official receive…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Security agents

Article 2488-11

…r-indebtedness or bank resolution proceedings, any creditor benefiting from security and guarantees may apply to the courts for the appointment of a provisional security agent or the replacement of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-11

…rector of the Agency without delay and provide him with all details of the alleged illegalities. He may include in his appeal an application for a stay of execution. This request will be granted if on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee information.

Article D3313-11

…od, these sums are handed over to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations where the interested party may claim them until the end of the periods provided for in III of article L. 312-20 of the Monetary…

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