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Showing 821830 of 31914 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 5 Jan. 2016 – no. 14-10.628

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-14

…vided for in I for all or some of the performers, within twelve months of the promulgation of Order no. 2021-580 of 12 May 2021, these terms and conditions and this level are determined for the perfor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a judicial representative

Article R812-14

I.-Judicial administrators who have been registered for at least five years on the list referred to in Article L. 812-2 and who have, where applicable, completed the training period under the conditio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-1

…adversarial hearing organised in accordance with the provisions of the sixth paragraph of Article 145, the lawyer having been summoned in accordance with the provisions of the second paragraph of Arti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-14

…ent of professional sport; 4° The construction and maintenance of infrastructure sports facilities; 5° The reduction of inequalities in access to physical and sporting activities; 6° Developing and pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-14

Company shares may only be transferred to third parties outside the company with the consent of a majority of the members representing at least half of the company shares, unless the Articles of Assoc…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 145-2

…may not be held in custody for more than one year. However, subject to the provisions of article 145-3, the liberty and custody judge may, on expiry of this period, extend the detention for a period…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-2

Any court called upon to rule, pursuant to articles 141-1 and 148-1, on an application to lift all or part of the judicial supervision order or on an application for release, shall make its decision a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-14

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of hospital pharmacy assistant, natio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article L722-14

…d, as well as their quantity, origin, provenance and destination, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code. V. - The definition of the small consignments referred to in I of this a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-14

…of infringing a copyright or related right are detained after a request referred to in Article L. 335-10 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a registered copyright or related right may be…

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