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Showing 29112920 of 52466 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7-2-1989 n° 242

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-7

If the variety has already been the subject of an application for protection in another State with a member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and if a denominati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-73

In the context of an offer to provide a service for the maintenance or repair of equipment requiring the use of a part falling within a category mentioned in article R. 224-70, the trader shall allow…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-72

At the entrance to the premises where the public is received to make a request for maintenance or repair of equipment mentioned in Article R. 224-70, the professional, mentioned in Article L. 224-113,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article L613-7

The administrative authority may revoke the prohibition on return at any time.When the foreign national applies to have the prohibition on return revoked, his application is only admissible if he can…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Provisions common to all prisons

Article 727-1

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article L. 223-2 du code pénitentiaire, le procureur de la République est immédiatement avisé de la découverte, au sein d'un établissement pénitentiaire ou d'u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Membership of company boards of directors or supervisory boards

Article L2312-75

In sociétés anonymes and sociétés en commandite par actions in which the board of directors or supervisory board includes at least one director or one member elected or appointed by the employees unde…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the roll of the order

Article L4222-7

Pharmacists who are public health inspectors, inspectors from regional health agencies, inspectors from the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, pharmacists who are civ…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Loans, profit participation certificates and mutualist certificates.

Article R322-77

Mutual insurance companies may only borrow to finance the development of insurance activities or to strengthen their solvency margin, in the case of undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-3-2, or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 762-1

A person sentenced to a residence ban pursuant to article 131-31 du code pénal may be subjected by the sentencing decision to one or more of the following supervision measures: 1° Report periodically…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article L642-7

The court shall determine the leasing, rental or supply contracts for goods or services necessary to maintain the business in the light of the observations of the debtor's co-contractors transmitted t…

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