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Showing 15711580 of 29661 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 11-DCC-150 du 10 Oct 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior authorisation

Article R5223-11

In an emergency, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend the authorisation of an advertisement for a maximum period of three months.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-11

A pharmaceutical establishment exporting a medicinal product must ask the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé to certify that it holds the authorisation referred to in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-11

…ady required to be published pursuant to Articles L. 355-5, R. 355-7, R. 355-8, R. 355-9 and R. 355-10, under conditions which are specified by Article 298 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L521-11

The costs resulting from the implementation of the measures provided for in article L. 521-10 shall be borne by the operators designated in the order.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section Ia: Intervention of the guardianship judge in matters of legal administration

Article 1180-19

The civil fine provided for in Article 387-6 of the Civil Code may not exceed 10,000 euros.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of mandates at the Assembly of French Guyana

Article L7125-11

…ed in Article L. 5312-1 of the Labour Code in accordance with the provisions of l'article L. 5411-1 du même code; 2° Avoir repris une activité professionnelle lui procurant des revenus inférieurs aux…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of offices in the Martinique Assembly and the Executive Council

Article L7227-11

…ed in Article L. 5312-1 of the Labour Code in accordance with the provisions of l'article L. 5411-1 du même code; 2° Avoir repris une activité professionnelle lui procurant des revenus inférieurs aux…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-11

The standards and methods applicable to the testing of medicinal products are set, on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, b…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-11

A professional athlete who participates freely, on his own behalf, in a sporting competition is presumed not to be bound to the organiser of the competition by a contract of employment. The presumptio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transmission of documents by electronic means

Article R232-41-11

Electronic transmissions are made using a dedicated computer application accessible via the Internet. The technical characteristics of this application guarantee the reliability of the identification…

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