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Showing 55015510 of 60748 articles for Art. CE 11-5-2021 n° 440044 and 440045

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary sanctions

Article L6241-5

Any failure by a doctor or pharmacist to provide the information provided for in articles L. 4113-9 and L. 4221-19 respectively , in the cases mentioned in article L. 6223-3, or to provide false infor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article R310-5

The maximum duration of liquidation sales set at two months by Article L. 310-1 is reduced to fifteen days in the event of seasonal suspension of the declarant's activity.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article A310-5

…R. 310-6, a copy of the letter informing the mayor of the postponement shall be displayed at the place of sale alongside the copy of the declaration receipt for the initial file under the conditions p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating licences

Article R3332-5

Approval is granted on the basis of verification that:-compliance of the training programme proposed by the organisation with the provisions of articles L. 3332-1-1 and R. 3332-7 the training programm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Harvesting haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a donor of full age who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person

Article R1241-5

When the donor of haematopoietic cells taken from bone marrow or peripheral blood is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person, the information given to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56

I.-The criminal investigation police officer may, with regard to the persons mentioned in the first, second or third paragraphs of Article 706-54, take a biological sample or have it taken under his o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Opposition to cold calling

Article L223-5

The prohibitions provided for in articles L. 223-1 and L. 223-3 do not apply to canvassing for the supply of newspapers, periodicals or magazines. A decree, issued after consulting the Conseil nationa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article L1223-5

…applications for authorisation provided for in Article L. 1223-4 are made according to a timetable and during a period determined by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécuri…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-5

…the National Institute of Industrial Property shall rule on the opposition after an adversarial procedure including an investigation phase, under the conditions defined by decree in the Council of St…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pay slip.

Article L3243-5

The retention of pay slips may be waived to take account of the use of other means, in particular computerised means, under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of Article L. 8113-6.

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