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Showing 24312440 of 17743 articles for Art. CA Paris – 6 June 2023 – no. 23/00062

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-6-1

…ance becomes aware, in the course of its duties, of an emergency situation as defined in Article L. 613-20-5, it shall alert as soon as possible the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-60-2

I.-The pharmaceutical establishment of a company or organisation mentioned in 1° to 5° and 8° of article R. 5124-2 engaged in wholesale, free transfer or wholesale distribution checks the safety devic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-6-1

If a trade mark protected in a State party to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property has been registered in France in the name of the agent or representative of the proprietor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by a competent authority of another Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L613-21-6

…f Article 4(1)(40) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 which have authorised or supervise the parent undertaking.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation

Article R321-36-6

…de vente from among the professionals in each of the constituencies referred to in article R. 321-36-2. These members are not candidates. The chairman of the Enforcement Committee chairs the polling…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Settlement proposed by the mayor and approval by the public prosecutor

Article R15-33-65

…ormance of unpaid work, the provisions of articles 131-23, 131-24 of the Penal Code and articles R. 623-14, R. 623-16 and R. 623-17 of the Penitentiary Code are applicable to the performance of this w…

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

Article L123-6

The trade and companies register is kept by the registrar of each commercial court, under the supervision of the president or a judge appointed for this purpose, who have jurisdiction over any dispute…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-6

…of the Supervisory Board are free of charge and entitle them only to the reimbursement, upon justification, of expenses and, where applicable, to the payment of an indemnity to compensate for the time…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-6

In the case of a management lease of a business or company in the trades and crafts sector registered in the national register of companies, the lessor is the sole member of the group or company. A pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The spouse, partner in a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee of the company director, working in the family business

Article L121-6

…ional register of businesses, is deemed to have received a mandate from the head of the business to carry out, on the latter's behalf, administrative acts concerning the needs of the business.By decla…

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