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Showing 43814390 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules common to all types of practice

Article R4321-114

…premises must allow professional secrecy to be respected. In particular, windows, doors and display cases must be blacked out. The masseur-physiotherapist must ensure compliance with the rules of hygi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Limitation period and order

Article R5132-29

…icate in full the number of therapeutic units per dose, the number of doses and the strength in the case of specialities, the doses or concentrations of substances and the number of units or volume in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-8

…quired to examine the subjects on the agenda at least eight days before the date of the meeting. In cases of justified urgency, the deliberations of the Board of Directors may be adopted by videoconfe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Neurosurgery

Article R6123-103

…cooperation group can demonstrate, for neurosurgery, per site, an annual activity, forecast in the case of creation or recorded in the case of renewal, at least equal to a minimum set by order of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-708

…ons set out in the contract, performed during the day and at night from Monday to Sunday, may in no case exceed forty-eight hours per week on average calculated over the four-month period. When the se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disciplinary safeguards

Article R6153-36

…until the Board is renewed.The following persons may not sit on the Discipline Council for a given case and are replaced by their alternate:1° The spouse of the student concerned, a person with whom…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-7

…set out in l'article 3 bis de la loi du 10 septembre 1947 portant statut de la coopération. In this case, they may not use the services of the cooperative society of which they are members.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-21

In the cases provided for in article L. 224-25-20, the consumer shall inform the trader of his decision to obtain a price reduction. The price reduction is proportional to the difference between the v…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.

Article 195

…stioned sign the minutes, after reading them, or certify them as true to their statements, in which case a note to this effect is made in the minutes. Where appropriate, it shall be stated in the minu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 77

…iction. In contentious matters, he may do so only in disputes relating to the status of persons, in cases where the law assigns exclusive jurisdiction to another court or if the defendant fails to app…

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