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Showing 31313140 of 7437 articles for Art. TEPA Act 21 August 2007

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Maintenance of the register and effects of registration.

Article L123-9

…siness, invoke against third parties or public administrations, who may, however, invoke them, the facts and acts subject to mention unless the latter have been published in the register. In addition,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1397-3

…cable law is made before the marriage, the future spouses present to the civil registrar either the act by which they made this designation, or a certificate issued by the person competent to draw up…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-20

The mandataire judiciaire appointed by the court has sole standing to act on behalf of and in the collective interest of the creditors. However, in the event that the mandataire judiciaire fails to ac…

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

Article R714-4

Acts affecting the ownership of a trade mark or the enjoyment of the rights attaching thereto, such as assignment, grant of a right of exploitation, creation or assignment of a pledge or waiver thereo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Result

Article R2314-22

…es of the elections to the social and economic committee or a copy of the minutes of the failure to act is sent by the employer to the service provider acting on behalf of the Minister for Employment…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Management procedures

Article 499

Third parties may inform the judge of acts or omissions by the tutor which appear to them to be prejudicial to the interests of the protected person. They are not guarantors of the use of the capital.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-20

When the Minister responsible for Sports refers to the administrative court the acts taken by virtue of the delegation mentioned in article L. 131-14 which he considers to be contrary to the law, he m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Protests

Article L511-52

…or payment shall be made by a notary or by a bailiff. The protest must be made by one and the same act: 1° At the domicile of the person on whom the bill of exchange was payable, or at his last known…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-58-8

…mployees or the persons to whom authority has been given to carry out the dematerialised procedural acts in question shall have access to the data and information referred to in article R. 814-58-6, r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-319

Midwives are prohibited from : 1° Any act likely to procure for a patient an unjustified or illicit material advantage; 2° Any rebate in money or in kind made to a patient; 3° Any commission to any pe…

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