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Showing 58115820 of 46101 articles for Art. CA Paris 13-2-2023 n° 21/01048

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-25

…ourt alone has jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resulting from a clinical investigation; this action is time-barred under the conditions set out in article 2226 of the Ci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-24

Notwithstanding article 13 of the law of 16 and 24 August 1790 on the organisation of the judiciary, the judicial court has sole jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resultin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Invoices

Article 289

…nd on his behalf, by his customer or by a third party:a. For supplies of goods or services which he carries out for another taxable person, or for a non-taxable legal person, and which are not exempt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: "My Training Activity" information system

Article R6351-20

…ation relating to the processing mentioned in article R. 6351-13 is recorded, including the identification of the user, the date and the nature of the intervention in this processing. These records ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-2

…imprisonment equal to or exceeding ten years for an offence mentioned in Article 706-53-13, parole cannot then be granted: 1° Only by the sentence enforcement court, regardless of the length of deten…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences concerning the Banque de France

Article L164-2

Any Banque de France employee who violates the professional secrecy established in the first paragraph of Article L. 142-9 shall be liable to the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the French…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: RULES FOR THE FORMATION AND PERFORMANCE OF CERTAIN CONTRACTS

Article R221-2

En application des 4°, 5° et 6° de l'article L. 221-5, the trader shall provide the consumer with the following information: 1° His name or business name, the geographical address where the trader is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Links of interest and transparency

Article L1451-2

…3-6 to L. 1453-9, applies to the persons mentioned in article L. 1451-1 as well as to persons who occasionally collaborate in the work of these committees. It is prohibited for the persons mentioned i…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prevention of risks of exposure to ionising radiation.

Article L4451-2

…n exception toarticle 226-13 of the French Penal Code, the occupational health physician may communicate to the person appointed by the employer to advise him/her on the radiation protection of worker…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title III: Provisions relating to Book III

Article 2508

The provisions of Title XIX of Book III and Title II of Book IV are applicable to Mayotte subject to the provisions of Title IV of this Book and the following provisions:1° 4° of Article 2331 is appli…

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