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Showing 45814590 of 15668 articles for Art. CJEU – Pierre Fabre – Case C-439/09 – 13 Oct. 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1324-5

…the special information required to appear on them by the authorisation order defined in article L. 1322-13 is punishable in accordance with the provisions of article R. 451-1 of the French Consumer C…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General measures for the protection of the general public against ionising radiation.

Article R1333-1

Definitions of terms used in protection against ionising radiation are given in appendix 13-7.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to each fraction (R)

Article R1614-79

…ies and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation in the overseas departments and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the coefficient 0.07 provided for in a and b is reduced to 0.05 ;d) When constru…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article D822-7-1

…sociale et des familles for tests taking place in mainland France, the overseas departments, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, Saint-Martin or Saint-Barthélemy, or appointed by the State representative for t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-21

…cember 2014, with a population of between 10,000 and 20,000 inhabitants, which do not fall into the cases provided for in 1° and 4° above.The allocation accruing to each commune is determined accordin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Financial penalties imposed by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)

Article L5471-1

…Articles L. 5426-2, L. 5438-1, 9°, 14°, 15°, 16° and 17° of Article L. 5461-9 and 8°, 11°, 12° and 13° of Article L. 5462-8 may not exceed €150,000 for a natural person and 10% of the turnover for th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Financial penalties imposed by the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs

Article L5473-1

…mposed for the breaches mentioned in 9° and 14° to 17° of Article L. 5461-9 and in 8°, 11°, 12° and 13° of Article L. 5462-8 may not exceed €150,000 for a natural person and 10% of the turnover for th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L6161-7

…by way of derogation from articles L. 1242-1, L. 1242-2, L. 1242-7, L. 1242-8, L. 1242-8-1, L. 1243-13 and L. 1243-13-1 of the French Labour Code, recruit practitioners under fixed-term contracts for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article R92

…for social or personality investigations;c) Persons contributing to judicial supervision or, in the case provided for in the fifth paragraph of article 471, to probationary suspension;d) Public prosec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L227-20

The articles L. 227-13 to L. 227-19 do not apply to companies with only one member.

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