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Showing 69917000 of 8432 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – 13 Oct. 2011 – C-439/09

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L4314-4

…ting or distributing the decision handed down, in accordance with the conditions set out in article 131-35 of the French Criminal Code; b) Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be use…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L4334-1

…ting or distributing the decision handed down, in accordance with the conditions set out in article 131-35 of the French Penal Code; b) Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4323-4

…sting or distributing the decision handed down, in accordance with the conditions set out inarticle 131-35 of the Criminal Code ; b) Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used to c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L4344-4

…ting or distributing the decision handed down, in accordance with the conditions set out in article 131-35 of the Criminal Code ; b) Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used to c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4353-1

…ting or disseminating the decision handed down, in accordance with the conditions set out inarticle 131-35 of the French Criminal Code; b) Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be use…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions.

Article L4372-1

…ting or distributing the decision handed down, in accordance with the conditions set out in article 131-35 of the French Penal Code; b) Confiscation of the thing that was used or intended to be used t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: The guarantee fund.

Article R334-9-1

The provisions of article R. 334-7 concerning the minimum amount of the guarantee fund do not apply to mutuals and unions governed by Book II of the Mutual Code which simultaneously meet the following…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-51

The information at group level sent to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to II of Article L. 356-21 must be approved in advance: a) For the report on the solvency and finan…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…as well as the total amount of de minimis aid provided for in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 referred to in the same Article with regard to the expenditure mentioned in t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-2

…of commerce and industry, the natural or legal persons mentioned in 1° and 2° of II of article L. 713-1 have one additional representative when they employ between ten and forty-nine employees in the…

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