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Showing 43714380 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Registers of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos

Article R2142-34

…applicable, the unique European donation code or the anonymisation code of the gamete donor in the case of an embryo conceived with recourse to a third party donor ;2° The number of embryos kept for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Passenger information

Article R3115-66

I. - In the case of international travel, operators of means of transport and travel agents or other operators selling travel and holidays shall provide their customers with information on the known h…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-151

…National Institute of Industrial Property for maintaining the National Register of Companies.In the case of the procedures referred to in Article L. 123-33 and relating to registrations, amending regi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit, other engagements and services performed by statutory auditors

Article R823-19

…by simple letter.On receipt of the summons to appear, the parties may acquaint themselves with the case file. They may be assisted or represented by a lawyer. The parties and their lawyer may obtain…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation of Disciplinary Boards and Chambers

Article R4125-32

…ease to hold office for any reason whatsoever before the end of their term of office. In the latter case, the term of office of the alternate members shall be that remaining until the date on which th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4127-269

…mises, furnishings and technical equipment sufficient to receive and care for patients, and, in the case of prostheses, separate premises and appropriate equipment; 2° Ownership of documents concernin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients and newborn babies.

Article R4127-330

…will authorise one or other of them to make the decision. In an emergency, or if, depending on the case, the parents, the legal representative or the person in charge of the representation measure re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment and role of the rapporteur

Article R4234-19

…gn. The documents collected by the rapporteur and the minutes of the hearings shall be added to the case file by the Registry, which shall communicate them to the parties to enable them to submit obse…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives

Article A812-19

…s may use codes and compendia of laws and decrees containing references to articles of doctrine and case law, with the exception, however, of codes annotated and commented on, article by article, by l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation and administration.

Article D4622-14

…ve its employees monitored by a company occupational health and prevention service in the following cases: 1° The company or establishment belongs to a group within the meaning of article L. 2331-1 ;…

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