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Showing 11611170 of 38470 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 20 May 2014 – no. 13-16.398

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-1

…rk broadcast from national territory or the territory of another Member State of the European Union may only be exercised by a collective management organisation. If this organisation is governed by T…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article R214-203-2

A specialised professional fund may only dispose of unmatured or lapsed loans that it has granted after the Autorité des marchés financiers has approved a specific programme of operations submitted by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Powers

Article L621-20-1

…ereto. Subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 632-16, the public prosecutor may obtain from the AMF disclosure of all information held by the AMF in the performance of its duti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-20-4

The gender equality and anti-discrimination referent carries out the following tasks: 1° Providing information and carrying out awareness-raising initiatives for officers and volunteer firefighters, a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-20-1

…the leak has been repaired, specifying the location of the leak and the date of repair.The service may carry out any necessary checks. In the event of an objection to the inspection, the service will…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Partial final settlement

Article R2391-20-1

…e purchaser shall make a provisional payment on the basis of the last known references. The parties may nevertheless agree to calculate payments, including the balance of the contract, on the basis of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article R223-20-2

…ns be included on the agenda of a meeting, pursuant to the fifth paragraph of Article L. 223-27, he may ask the company, by simple or registered letter or by electronic mail, to notify him, using one…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-20

…she is placed, detained or held pursuant to a judicial or administrative decision, proof of address may consist of a certificate issued by the person in charge of the establishment. This certificate i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 6: Conditions for informing relatives

Article R1131-20-4

…fidentiality, and in particular the identity of the person diagnosed with the genetic anomaly which may be responsible for a serious condition justifying preventive measures and care.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the official statement of offence, the notice of offence and the payment card for forfeited offences

Article A37-20-1

…last three paragraphs of Article L. 121-2 of the Highway Code who have received a fixed fine notice may submit the request or complaint provided for by Article 529-10 electronically in accordance with…

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