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Showing 57115720 of 8110 articles for Art. CA Montpellier 21-12-2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medicinal products covered by an early access authorisation or a compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-145

…propriate, the method of administration of the medicinal product; 5° The expiry date; 6° Where applicable, the information required for proper storage of the medicinal product.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of traineeships

Article R6341-5

…ntent of the training plan provided for in article R. 6341-12; 6° Sanctioning of studies; 7° Qualifications of teachers and those responsible for the course; 8° Installation of premises; 9° Financial,…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Provisional profit and loss account for training schools and institutes.

Article R6145-61

At the end of the financial year, and after the vote on the financial account provided for in article R. 6145-44, the director of the managing establishment sends the President of the Regional Council…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-24-2

…to the Family Affairs Judge, who will decide in accordance with the child's best interests. In all cases, if the child is over the age of thirteen, his/her personal consent is required.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 septdecies

…I of Book I of Part Five of the Transport Code and the regulatory provisions adopted for their application; 2° Establishing the annual tax on personal watercraft mentioned in article L. 423-4 of the c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-8

…sion handed down, under the conditions set out inarticle 131-35 of the French Penal Code ; b) Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used to commit the offence or of the thing that…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article L522-1

…ated Regulation (EU) 2017/2359 of 21 September 2017, the intermediary or insurance undertaking that carries out distribution activities for individual life insurance contracts with surrender values, t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

…comply with the minimum time limits required by the formalised procedures.This is particularly the case for contracts made necessary for the urgent, compulsory execution of the work mentioned in arti…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-9

Inventions which are the subject of patent applications may not be disclosed and freely worked until authorisation has been granted to do so.During this period, patent applications may not be made pub…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-1

The public database mentioned in article L. 134-2 is called the "Register of unavailable books of the 20th century". It is open to public consultation via the Bibliothèque nationale de France's online…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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