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Showing 96119620 of 46101 articles for Art. CA Paris 13-2-2023 n° 21/01048

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Conditions for carrying out tax missions

Article 285 undecies

…e construed as references to employees of the Directorate-General of Customs and Excise, where applicable, of equivalent category and/or grade.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of secondment.

Article L1262-2

…ee and that their employment relationship continues during the period of secondment, an undertaking carrying out temporary employment activities established outside national territory may temporarily…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Quasi-regulation

Article L3211-2

…a direct private equity holding, with the exception of forms of private equity holding without the capacity to control or block required by law, which do not allow decisive influence to be exercised…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-28

…nt, including the loss of profit and loss suffered by the injured party; 2° The non-material damage caused to the injured party; 3° And the profits made by the infringer, including the savings on inte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Food, advertising and promotion.

Article L2133-2

…odel's figure thinner or thicker must be accompanied by the words: "Retouched photograph". The application and control procedures for the implementation of the first paragraph of this article are dete…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-2

…er conditions laid down by decree :1° Prescribe certain vaccines, the list of which and, where applicable, the persons likely to benefit from them are determined by an order of the Minister for Health…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission du cinéma d'art et d'essai

Article 231-38

…ises a national panel and five regional panels with jurisdiction depending on where the cinema is located. The regional panels are : 1° The "Ile-de-France, Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Mayotte, Réu…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3 : Conversion into a grant of part of the advances granted to finance the initial installation of digital projection equipment in cinemas

Article 916-24

…nt.The aid is granted under Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-25

…ed by 3° of Article 54 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and on pain of nullity:1° The unique identification number of the applicant company or any document equivalent to the extract of registration in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Specific judicial review of acts of the Territorial Council falling within the scope of the law

Article LO6243-2

Appeals by the representative of the State against the acts mentioned in article LO 6243-1, formed in accordance with the procedures set out in articles LO 6242-1 and LO 6242-2, are also brought befor…

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