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Showing 36913700 of 8303 articles for Art. CJEU – C-452/17 – 21 Nov. 2018

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-43-1

…o the Commission for a new authorisation in accordance with the procedure set out in article L. 752-21.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director and staff of the Agency

Article R4642-7

The Agency may employ contractual agents under the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2014-21 of 9 January 2014 setting out the contractual conditions applicable to agents of the National Agency for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-5-2

…res for making the declarations provided for in Article 58 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 are laid down by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-2-1

…e provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products or of this Title.Suspension shall be imposed either for a peri…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R261-9

When a member of the Commission for the Protection of Access to Works has been contacted by a person directly or indirectly interested in a transaction submitted for its assessment, with the clear aim…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4394-5

…l entities may be held criminally liable for this offence, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the same code. They incur the penalties provided for the offence of usurpation of title in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4394-2

…gal entities may be held criminally liable for this offence under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code. They incur the penalties provided for the offence of usurpation of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4394-4

…al entities may be held criminally liable for this offence under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the same code. They incur the penalties provided for the offence of usurpation of title in a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-3

The right to object provided for in article 110 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 does not apply to this processing.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article R773-25

Article R. 541-11 is applicable in New Caledonia, as amended by Decree no. 2020-1148 of 17 September 2020.

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