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Showing 20112020 of 18775 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 26 Feb. 2008 – no. 06-20.272

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-3

…drawn up in accordance with the conditions laid down by the decision referred to in Article R. 712-26 and specifying in particular:a) The identification of the applicant;b) The representation of the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article R822-4

…he staff of the National Consumer Institute, under the conditions laid down by the loi n° 83-675 du 26 juillet 1983 relative à la démocratisation du secteur public ; 4° Le président de la commission d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article R511-3-2

…and, where applicable, Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, in particular as regards whether the group to which it will belong has a structure whi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article R625-3

…by the industrial tribunal within the period provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 622-26. The relief from foreclosure benefits the institutions mentioned in article L. 143-11-4 of the La…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article R519-10

…he same code, in accordance with the conditions set out in articles D. 314-23, D. 314-24 and D. 314-26 of the same code.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-5

The professional practice standard relating to audit planning, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: . NEP-300. Audit planning Introduction 01. The audit of the accounts carried out by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-1

…nd L. 2212-7 and the first three paragraphs of article L. 2212-8, in the version resulting from law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system;3° Article L. 2212-4 ;…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions on the valuation of prudential technical provisions

Article R351-10

…se of these options. The detailed rules for the application of this article are set out in Articles 26 and 32 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Litigation

Article 1963

…ed for the public highway by simple road measure under the conditions provided by the décret-loi du 26 mars 1852 relatif aux rues de Paris; 2° Aux plans, procès-verbaux, certificats, jugements, contra…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article R421-42

…t bearing the words "salarié détaché ICT" (ICT seconded employee) as provided for in article L. 421-26, resides outside France, the decision to issue this permit is taken by the diplomatic or consular…

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