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Showing 53215330 of 65739 articles for Art. 384 and Cass. 1ère civ. 6-3-2013 n° 11-26.728 FS-PBI

French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties.

Article R333-6-1

…provided for in article R. 333-6 may not be pronounced unless the operator has first been notified and invited to be heard in person or by a representative.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-6-2

…for in article R. 5132-3-1, pharmacists may only refuse to dispense medicinal products from lists I and II, with the exception of medicinal products subject to drug regulation pursuant to article R. 5…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-6-1

…y the pharmacist or doctor, or failing this the shipping director, attached to the shipping company and responsible for holding the medicines, of the order form provided for in division 217 and divisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Obligations.

Article R228-66

…tion of the loan subscribed by the bondholders whose general meeting is being convened; 2° The name and domicile of the person who took the initiative to convene the meeting and the capacity in which…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-7

…ate in its judgment, if applicable, that there is a risk of disclosure of a national defence secret and order that the Assize Court to which the case is referred be composed in accordance with the pro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-6

…122-6-1, the exploitation right belonging to the author of software includes the right to perform and authorise: 1° The permanent or temporary reproduction of software in whole or in part by any mea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article R134-6

…an exception to the provisions of the previous paragraph, in the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle the special register for the registration of commercial agents is kept for the extent of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1232-6

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions relating to in-house pharmacies of the fire and rescue services, the Paris fire brigade and the Marseille marine fire brigade

Article R5126-67

The provisions of this section apply to the in-house pharmacies of the departments or organisations mentioned in 5° of article R. 5126-1.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The National Commission for Commercial Development.

Article R751-6

…maires de France, the Assemblée des communautés de France, the Assemblée des départements de France and the Association des régions de France. Their term of office ends as soon as their elected office…

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