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Showing 69616970 of 46101 articles for Art. CA Paris 13-2-2023 n° 21/01048

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 17: Conditions for authorisation of individually prepared advanced therapy medicinal products

Article R5121-209

…2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, may be prepared and distributed as part of the same medical procedure as the removal of the autologous tissues or cells used in their composition.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-270

…eneral meeting of shareholders of the société anonyme, the compensation may take the form of an allocation of shares for the exclusive benefit of the participants and former participants mentioned in…

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

Article L716-2-7

An action or application for a declaration of invalidity brought by the proprietor of a well-known trademark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bakers and bakery signs

Article L132-27

…a manner proportionate to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of average annual turnover, calculated on the last three annual turnover figures known on the date of the offence.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bakers and bakery signs

Article L132-28

…old a public office or to engage in the professional or social activity in the exercise or on the occasion of the exercise of which the offence was committed, or to engage in a commercial or industria…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398-2

…ourt, in its composition provided for in the third paragraph of Article 398, finds that the classification used in the document referred to it does not fall within the provisions of Article 398-1, it…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: National parks.

Article L343-2

…articles L. 331-2 et L. 331-…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: Business tax.

Article L422-2

Article 1459 of the General Tax Code sets out the rules governing the exemption from business property tax for people who rent out furnished accommodation classified under the terms of article L. 324-…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: National parks.

Article D343-2

…regulatory part of the code de l'environnement.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The nature, amount and exercise of rights

Article 758-2

The spouse's option between usufruct and ownership is proven by any means.

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