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Showing 68016810 of 28545 articles for Art. 27 May 1997

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Enforcement measures

Article L633-12

…l conglomerate comply with the requirements referred to in Article L. 517-8 but that their solvency may nevertheless be jeopardised, or that the transactions between the entities of the group or the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Vigilance.

Article R1123-55

…duits de santé any suspected serious unexpected adverse reaction and any serious adverse event that may be related to the procedure for using the medical device that occurs in France and outside natio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-30

…absence of a meeting, of the date on which the competent body decided on the merger. The Registrar may extend the period provided for in the first paragraph for a period not exceeding three months. W…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-6-1

…f sociétés civiles de moyens defined in articles 1832 et seq. of the French Civil Code, the members may take advantage of the employees employed by these companies for the benefit, where applicable, o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments

Article R4211-63

Health establishments authorised in application of this section may apply for a certificate of compliance with the good practices referred to in Article L. 5121-5. This certificate may be issued by th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services.

Article R4311-38-1

…inform the service provider, in the light of the examination of his file, either: 1° Either that he may commence the provision of services without prior verification of his professional qualifications…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R6152-4

The job profile drawn up in application of the first paragraph of article R. 6152-6 may stipulate that hospital practitioners, appointed in one establishment, carry out their duties in several establi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-2

I.-The Autorité de la concurrence may order the parties concerned to put an end to anti-competitive practices within a specified period or impose on them any corrective measure of a structural or beha…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-9

Performers may not prohibit the reproduction and public communication of their performance if it is incidental to an event constituting the main subject of a sequence of a work or audiovisual document…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Control by the Minister for Culture

Article L326-13

The Minister responsible for culture may refer the matter to the competent court in the event that there are real and serious grounds for dissolving a collective management organisation.

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