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Showing 21012110 of 61016 articles for Art. CE 9-5-2019 n° 426431 and 426434

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Practice of the professions.

Article L4241-9

…harmacy assistant in application of the provisions prior to 8 July 1977 enjoy, for life, the rights and prerogatives defined in articles L. 4241-1 and L. 4243-1. The "brevet de préparateur" obtained b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article R612-9

…or claims, do not appear to be included in the application, the applicant shall be invited to produce the missing parts within two months. 2. If the missing parts of the description or the missing dr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Chambers

Article R1423-9

Where a section comprises several chambers, one of them has jurisdiction to hear disputes and litigation relating to redundancies for economic reasons.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Transparency, restrictive competition practices and other prohibited practices.

Article D440-9

The meetings of the Trade Practices Review Board are not public. The investigators referred to in the sixth paragraph of Article L. 440-1 may attend meetings of the commission when matters are being e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Formalities

Article R521-9

I. Where the sales or transfers of goodwill include pledged trademarks or service marks, industrial designs or models and software exploitation rights and where the pledges of such goodwill include pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-98

The provisions of this section apply to substances or plants having a psychoactive effect, as well as to medicines or other products containing them, with the exception of ethyl alcohol and tobacco.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-99

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé is responsible for implementing addictovigilance. It defines the guidelines, leads and coordinates the actions of the various pa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Addictovigilance

Article R5132-97

The following definitions apply1° Drug dependence: a set of behavioural, cognitive and physiological phenomena of varying intensity, in which the use of one or more psychoactive substances becomes a h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-9

…eted with the clerk of a commercial court.The Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce draws up each year, in agreement with the clerks of the commercial courts, a list of proposed tra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operation of imprest accounts (R)

Article R1617-9

In accordance with the conditions laid down in the governing document, the administrator may send the debtor a request for payment.

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