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Showing 32113220 of 21808 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 25 Jan. 2017 – no. 15-23.547

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L2423-2

…bject to the following adaptation:In Article L. 2222-2 applicable in its wording resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016, 3° is replaced by the following provisions:3° In a place other than…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-51-16

…aration. This declaration shall be accompanied by the documents provided for in Article 2 of Decree no. 2017-794 of 5 May 2017 relating to the formation, operation and supervision of multi-professiona…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-58 bis

…m shall be signed using a secure electronic signature process that meets the requirements of decree no. 2017-1416 of 28 September 2017 relating to electronic signatures. The procedures for applying th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-24-4

…to have been marketed and is considered to be an infringement within the meaning of article L. 623-25.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article L531-24

…comes from a country considered to be a safe country of origin within the meaning of Article L. 531-25;2° The applicant has submitted an application for reconsideration which is not inadmissible;3° Th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-40-1

…t taking into account the plurality of assignments. The remuneration provided for in Article R. 663-25 is, where applicable, broken down according to the tasks assigned to the agent.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Proposal for redeployment leave

Article R1233-20

In the letter of notification of redundancy provided for in Articles L. 1233-15, in the event of less than ten employees being made redundant within the same thirty-day period, and L. 1233-39, in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-28

…icle R. 1423-27. In this case, the time limits stipulated in the first paragraph of article R. 1423-25 and in the seventh paragraph of article R. 1423-27 are reduced to one month and fifteen days resp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Modifications

Article L2112-5-1

…original establishment is carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 5211-25-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article R15-33-66-7

…ic action provided for in the third paragraph of Article 7 and the second paragraph of Articles 706-25-1 and 706-31 applies;-thirty years when the proceedings relate to an offence to which the limitat…

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