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Showing 55815590 of 8110 articles for Art. CA Montpellier 21-12-2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R4113-53

…n the first paragraph of article R. 4113-50. The company has six months from the date of this notification to notify the member, in the same form, either of a plan to sell his shares to a member or to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sales and transfers of shares

Article R4381-56

…paragraph of article R. 4381-53. The company has a period of six months from the date of this notification to notify the member, in the same form, either of a plan to transfer his shares to a member o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-9

…ts without an eating area on the premises and offering only meals for takeaway or delivery, the indication of the country of origin or place of provenance is compulsory for dishes containing one or mo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-44

…nalists' trade unions. The State representative is appointed from among the members of the Court of Cassation, the Council of State or the Court of Auditors, by order of the Minister responsible for c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Conurbation community

Article L5216-4

…xercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicable to members of the community council subject to the provisions specific to them. For the applic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-15

For the application of article L. 5217-10-12, when the investment section of the budget shows a surplus, the following may be taken back into the operating section:proceeds from the sale of a fixed as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-69-2

…able by the High Authority for Health; 2° Contains the name of the medicinal product or, where applicable, its code name or international non-proprietary name, its pharmaceutical form and its strength…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-184

…rate from the information medium mentioned in Article L. 161-36 of the Social Security Code and indicating the name, strength and pharmaceutical form of the medicinal product, the name of the company…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-7

…ederation to which they belong. This booklet only contains information of a sporting nature and medical information relating to sporting activities. Only doctors approved in application of article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: College of candidates

Article L1441-13

The following may be candidates in the employees' college: 1° Non-managerial employees ; 2° Managers who do not hold the special delegation of authority referred to in 3° of Article L. 1441-12; 3° Emp…

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