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Showing 66216630 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-94

Persons engaged in national and international trade are required to draw up an annual summary statement indicating for each psychotropic substance or medicinal product containing it: 1° The quantities…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-96

The managers of the establishments mentioned in articles L. 5124-2 and L. 5142-1 carrying out operations relating to medicinal products containing one or more psychotropic substances are subject to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Contract and cluster project

Article R6146-9

Based on the cluster contract, the cluster project defines the tasks and responsibilities entrusted to the internal structures, departments or functional units and the organisation implemented to achi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Submission of applications for planning permission equivalent to a business licence.

Article R752-9

For projects requiring planning permission, the application accompanied by the file must be submitted in accordance with the provisions of articles

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter X: Information for employees in the event of the sale of their company

Article L23-10-11

…the two-year period is suspended between the date on which the matter is referred to the committee and the date on which it gives its opinion or, failing that, until the date on which the period allo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article 763-10

…131-36-9 to 131-36-12 of the Penal Code shall undergo an examination to assess their dangerousness and measure the risk of committing a new offence. This examination is carried out by the sentence en…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-10

…2 of paragraph 3 of sub-section 2 of Section 2 of Chapter IV of Title I of Book II of the Monetary and Financial Code, under the conditions set out in this section and in I of Article L. 214-35 of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions common to corporate officers of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-94

…ry Board that may be held simultaneously by the same natural person, pursuant to articles L. 225-21 and L. 225-77, is applicable to the accumulation of seats as director and member of the supervisory…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3121-9

…th additional rest periods;3° Or to reduce the maximum working week for a limited period.The nature and conditions of this compensation are set out in the authorisation decision.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Default provisions

Article R3122-9

…to the requirements of continuity of economic activity or services of social utility ; 2° The fair and serious nature of the prior commitment to negotiations within a maximum period of twelve months…

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