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Showing 44414450 of 15668 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – Case C-439/09 – 13 Oct. 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue

Article R5132-35

…narcotics or subject to narcotics regulations, bearing the particulars provided for in article R. 5132-13, is kept for three years by the pharmacist or veterinarian. In the case of proprietary medici…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-40

…the opinion of the specialised commission of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy in the cases provided for in Articles L. 6122-9, L. 6122-12 and L. 6122-13, includes the reasons for this d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Preventive measures and resources

Article R4412-70

In all cases where a carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic agent for reproduction is used, the employer shall apply the following measures: 1° Limitation of the quantities of this agent in the workplace; 2…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Tax deductions and reductions for overseas investments

Article L333-3

…e income that companies subject to corporation tax may make in respect of profits invested in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French So…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Tax deductions and reductions for overseas investments

Article D333-1

…new productive investments made in the overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands and the French So…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: LOCAL AUTHORITY FINANCES

Article R3543-4

…llectivity of Saint-Barthélemy, the Department of Mayotte and the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, according to the latest population census..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Sailors.

Article L742-1-1

…the French Southern and Antarctic Territories which call at a port of a French department or Saint-Pierre and Miquelon. For ships calling at foreign ports and roads, the offences mentioned in the pre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Remuneration

Article R6152-355-2

…ove to Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and when they return to mainland France after this assignment, the transport cost…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article R6152-912-2

…ove to Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, and when they return to metropolitan France after this assignment, the transport…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-16

…ovided for in I of Article L. 441-10, II of Article L. 441-11, Article L. 441-12 and Article L. 441-13;b) Not indicating, in the terms of payment set out in I of Article L. 441-1, the information prov…

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