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Showing 89818990 of 11860 articles for Art. CA Paris – 9 Jan. 2019 – no. 18/09522

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contraceptives other than medicines and condoms.

Article R5134-11

…ph of article R. 5122-2 and those of articles R. 5122-2-1, R. 5122-5, R. 5122-6, R. 5122-7, R. 5122-9 and R. 5122-13 to R. 5122-16 are applicable to advertising for contraceptive products and articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tobacco control

Article R3822-1

…umn of the table below and subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter: R. 3511-1Decree no. 2016-1117 of 11 August 2016 R. 3511-2Decree no. 2016-1117 of 11 August 2016 D. 3511-3Decree no.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Heat and cooling distribution

Article L2224-38

…of which it is a member. This public establishment may have the project management of this network carried out by another public establishment.II.-Territorial authorities responsible for a public hea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2-3

…s, strategies and procedures implemented by Class 2 investment firms to comply with Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 and to identify, measure and manage the risks to which they are or may be exposed, as defi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation

Article A752-2

I.-The application form for authorisation referred to in Article R. 752-44-3, a model of which is appended to the Order of 28 June 2019 setting the content of the application form for authorisation to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 244 quater M

…rprise given in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-20

…et for this purpose in the articles of association may not exceed six months from the date of notification of cessation of activity. The shares or corporate units of the withdrawing member are purchas…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article L432-5

…tration.A foreigner who is involuntarily unemployed within the meaning of articles L. 421-1, L. 421-9 to L. 421-11 and L. 421-13 to L. 421-21 shall not be deemed to have ceased to fulfil the condition…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-12-1

Persons belonging to the health reserve provided for in article L. 3132-1, carrying out an activity as part of a commitment to serve in the operational reserve provided for in article L. 4211-1 of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Provisions specific to the adoption of one or more early intervention measures

Article L613-45-1

…41-3, L. 511-41-5, L. 612-32, L. 612-33, L. 612-34, L. 612-34-1 and L. 613-36 and subsections 4 and 9 of this section, or the suspension of a payment or delivery obligation arising from a contract pur…

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