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Showing 971980 of 39348 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 15 May 2012 – no. 11-18.330

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-15

…even after the expiry of the term of the certificate.The denomination conferred on the said variety may not be the subject of a registration as a trademark or service mark in a State party to the Inte…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article R734-15

…162-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 162-4n° 2007-259 of 27 February 2007R. 162-5n° 2016-659 of 20 May 2016II. - For the application of I:1° In Articles R. 162-4 and R. 162-5, the words: "the Banque…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-15

…a request mentioned in Article L. 335-10 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignments may be destroyed under the supervision of customs officers where the applicant has, in his applicati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Exposure to particular risks.

Article L1225-15

…t work or an occupational disease; 3° L. 4624-3 and L. 4624-4, relating to individual measures that may be proposed by the occupational physician.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Status of commercial court judges

Article L722-15

…cle L. 722-14, the first president of the court of appeal, at the request of the public prosecutor, may decide by order that the required seniority is not required.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-153

…if all the company's shares are registered, the insertions provided for in the previous paragraph may be replaced by a notice sent, by registered letter and at the company's expense, to each shareho…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-15

…nd outside the cases provided for by the Community regulations in force, the customs administration may, in the course of its controls, detain goods likely to infringe a registered design or an exclus…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to the implementation by organisers of profit-making sporting events of automated processing of personal data for the purposes of Article L. 332-1

Article R332-15

Only the following personal data and information may be recorded in the processing provided for in article R. 332-14 the following personal data and information: 1° Identification data: surname; first…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 A

…ed for the application of this article.Municipalities and their groupings with their own tax system may, by means of a general decision taken under the conditions provided for in article 1639 A bis, i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Sale or provision of "snowball" services

Article L121-15

…where appropriate, of a sum not exceeding 10% of the corresponding price. This take-back guarantee may, however, be limited to a period of one year after the purchase..

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