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Showing 42014210 of 23743 articles for Art. Cass. 13 March 2008 – counterfeit as dispossession

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Banknotes.

Article D122-2

…g the reproduction of euro banknotes are set out in the Decision of the European Central Bank of 20 March 2003 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withdrawal of euro bankn…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Development fund for the professional integration of disabled people

Article R5214-21

The association sends the Minister for Employment, for approval, the draft distribution of contributions for the current year, by 31 March each year at the latest. It shall also send him the report on…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: European FIA management companies

Article L532-21-3

…sions of the first paragraph of article L. 532-18 and of the first paragraph of article L. 532-18-1 as well as the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II are applicable to managem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-29

…stock company (société par actions simplifiée) established by a single person and whose articles of association expressly prohibit multiple members, whose sole purpose is the management of a portfolio…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-6-1

A person who finds himself in one of the cases of exclusion mentioned in articles L. 2141-1, L. 2141-4 and L. 2141-5 may provide evidence that he/she has taken measures to demonstrate his/her reliabil…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-7

…he product on the market established in the European Community (company name, full address; in the case of an authorised representative, also give the company name and address of the manufacturer) dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-19

…n mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Martin may, as part of its supervisory duties, carry out on-site inspections of the branch, either directly or t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions for the authorisation and operation of health establishments, medical biology laboratories and other organisations

Article L2142-3

Any breach of the legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to medically assisted procreation observed in an establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or laboratory, and caused by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Security surveillance

Article R53-8-44

…by the regional court for security retention, in respect of the persons mentioned in Article 706-53-13, following judicial supervision, socio-judicial monitoring or secure detention, in accordance wit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Obligations of the management company, the entity responsible for centralisation and the statutory auditor

Article L214-24-46

Under the conditions defined by the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, responsibility vis-à-vis third parties for centralising subscription and redemption orders for units or…

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