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Showing 62316240 of 23743 articles for Art. Cass. 13 March 2008 – counterfeit as dispossession

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Multiple seizures

Article R3252-30

…to the court registry. The application shall contain the information prescribed by article R. 3252-13.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Educational and financial review

Article R6352-23

…This report may be sent by electronic means using the teleservice provided for in article R. 6351-13.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-1

…authorised in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009.The provisions of Section 1 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II are applicable to manag…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-6

…debt security holders or shareholders for the loss, by itself or by a third party to whom custody has been delegated, of financial instruments held in custody in accordance with II of Article L. 214-…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-26

The following are punishable by a fifth-class fine 1° Importing, holding with a view to sale, offering for sale, selling, distributing free of charge or against payment, hiring out or making available…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L424-2

…e L. 424-5.The rules of the system and any amendments thereto shall be approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers, which shall verify that they comply with the applicable laws and regulations and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-18

…eferred to in Article L. 330-1 in which the person concerned participates and the Banque de France, as well as, in the case of a system for the settlement and delivery of financial instruments, the Au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-9

I. - If required for public health reasons, in the event of a breach of the obligation to monitor patients and collect information, or if the conditions set out in Article L. 5121-12-1 are no longer m…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Contracts comprising severable services

Article L1321-2

…objectively separable services that fall under both the ordinary law governing concession contracts as set out in Book I of Part Three and the ordinary law governing contracts as set out in Book I of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Supply contracts of contracting entities

Article L2153-2

…contracting entity contains products originating in third countries with which the European Union has not concluded, within a multilateral or bilateral framework, an agreement ensuring comparable and…

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