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Showing 75517560 of 23743 articles for Art. Cass. 13 March 2008 – counterfeit as dispossession

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-3

…te of the European Community of the registered office of a société européenne registered in France, as provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 229-2, is the subject of a notice inserted in a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-203-2

A specialised professional fund may only dispose of unmatured or lapsed loans that it has granted after the Autorité des marchés financiers has approved a specific programme of operations submitted by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-40

In the case of blood-derived medicinal products, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, when examining the application for marketing authorisation, submit samples…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-39

For public health reasons, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may require a company to submit samples of each batch of the bulk product and the finished product fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Qualification of experts.

Article R5141-25

…ation application dossier: 1° For the expert giving an opinion on the pharmaceutical documentation: as appropriate, a diploma allowing the practice of pharmacy or veterinary medicine, or a diploma in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custody account and registration in a shared electronic recording system

Article L211-7

…diary referred to in Article L. 211-3.Financial securities admitted to trading on a "DLT market infrastructure" within the meaning of Article 2(5) of Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliamen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L425-5

…of proprietary interdealer matching referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 420-2. II. - As an exception to I of Article L. 425-4, the operator of the organised trading system may only carr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Markets of national interest

Article L761-5

…s that come from holdings located within the reference perimeter.No later than 31 December 2012, an assessment of the organisation of markets of national interest, focusing in particular on the implem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Declaration by operators of electronic contact platforms

Article 1649 ter C

…resident in France, in another Member State of the European Union or in a State or territory that has concluded an agreement with France allowing automatic exchange of information concerning transact…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Methods of evaluating the figures.

Article R123-178

For the application of article L. 123-18 : 1° The acquisition cost is equal to the purchase price plus the ancillary costs necessary to put the asset into a usable condition; 2° The production cost is…

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