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Showing 211220 of 4136 articles for Art. Convention franco-britannique 1968

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 776-1

…ies designated by order of the Minister of Justice, when they receive, pursuant to an international convention or an act adopted on the basis of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-4

For the application of the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, opened for signature in Vienna and New York on 3 March 1980, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-84

…use of substances or preparations, plants or parts of plants listed in the schedules of the Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 30 March 1961 or the Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 21 Feb…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Duties and performance of duties

Article L121-10

…views with applicants is guaranteed. L. 512-2 of this code or iii of 2 of Article 1 of the New York Convention of 28 September 1954.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-7

…brought by the proprietor of a well-known trademark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property shall be barred after five years from the date…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L211-5

Subject to the provisions of international conventions to which France is a party, holders of related rights who are not nationals of a Member State of the European Community benefit from the term of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-2

Subject to international conventions, the right to remuneration mentioned in article L. 214-1 and the first paragraph of article L. 311-1 is divided between authors, performers and producers of phonog…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
X: Tax on insurance policies and similar taxes

Article 1723 quindecies

1. The tax on insurance conventions provided for in articles 991 et seq. and the contributions or levies collected in accordance with the same rules shall be paid, by direct transfer to the Treasury a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: The nature and form of the mandate.

Article 1985

…ally, but testimonial evidence of it is received only in accordance with the title "Of contracts or conventional obligations in general".Acceptance of the mandate may be only tacit and result from the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal records

Article R298

…ows: "Art. R. 73.-Where the communication of notices of conviction is provided for by international conventions, copies of the records are drawn up and sent by the registrar of the court of first inst…

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