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Showing 26312640 of 3252 articles for Art. 25 mars 2003

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-166

Any company or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150 is required to: 1° Record all adverse reactions suspected of being due to a medicinal product o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8-1

…sponding to the contribution for the operation of the transferred services will be revised, for the 2003 allocation, to take account of the impact of the new accounting rules implemented by SNCF Voyag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article L462-9

…European Union, the competition authorities shall apply the provisions of Council Regulation No. 1/2003 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 101 and 102 of the Trea…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 471

…142-3 are applicable. The criminal penalties imposed pursuant to articles 131-4-1 to 131-11 and 132-25 to 132-70 of the Penal Code may be declared provisionally enforceable. If the court has ordered t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-30

…ct; 3° In the event of non-compliance with one or more of the conditions set out in articles R. 131-25 and R. 131-27 ; 4° In the event of non-compliance with the general interest in the promotion and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1142-1

…rment exceeds a percentage of a specific scale set by decree; this percentage, which may not exceed 25%, is determined by the said decree.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-47-2

…rape, sexual assault or sexual molestation as provided for in the articles 222-23 to 222-26 and 227-25 to 227-27 of the Penal Code, to a medical examination and blood test to determine whether that pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L2362-7

…ticipation in the cooperative which is to be transformed. Where the participation concerns at least 25% of the total number of employees of the participating persons in the case of the incorporation o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation.

Article L2352-13

…s a proportion of the total number of employees employed by the participating companies of at least 25% in the case of a European Company formed by merger, and of at least 50% in the case of a Europea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable.

Article L3421-7

…of the same Code;4° A penalty of days' fine under the conditions set out in articles 131-5 and 131-25 of the Criminal Code;5° A ban, either definitive or for a maximum of five years, on practising a…

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