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Showing 10911100 of 19551 articles for Art. CE 28-5-2010 n° 330567

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-5

As stated in article 226-29 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "Attempted offences under articles 226-25, 226-26, 226-27 and 226-28 are punishable by the same penalties. "

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-51

For the purposes of calculating the 15% limit referred to in 1° of II of article L. 214-28, the denominator is the higher of the following two amounts: the fund's net assets or the paid-up amount of s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-52

A fonds commun de placement dans l'innovation : 1° May not hold more than 35% of the capital or voting rights of any single issuer. However, due to the exercise of exchange, subscription or conversion…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R1227-5

…° Des articles L. 1225-66 et L. 1225-67, relating to resignation to bring up a child. A repeat offence under this article is punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Pena…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article R612-56-1

…as taken into consideration during the examination of these other applications by the competent offices. The National Institute of Industrial Property may, in addition, require the production of the d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-5

In order to finance the professional retraining projects mentioned in 4° of the I of article L. 4163-7, the body mentioned in 1° of article R. 4163-1 pays France Compétences an allocation, the amount…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from weekly working hours

Article D5132-43-5

…on workshops and sites may be granted by the Prefect after examining the situation of the person concerned. The period during which the minimum weekly working time of twenty hours may be waived may no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D8-5

The authorisations provided for in I of Article 15-4 are issued to customs officers authorised to carry out judicial investigations pursuant to article 28-1 by the magistrate delegated to the judicial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-2: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes

Article R1541-5

…008-321 of 4 April 2008, no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 and no. 2013-527 of 20 June 2013, with the exception of articles R. 1131-3, R. 1131-7 to R. 1131-8, R. 1131-13 to R. 1131-18 and R. 1131-20-5 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to patient care provided in another Member State of the European Union

Article R1111-56

Access to the personal health data referred to in Article R. 1111-55, as provided for in Article L. 1111-22, is subject to the following conditions: 1° The Member State of the European Union on whose…

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