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Showing 69416950 of 65950 articles for Art. CJUE 30-9-2021 aff. 299/20 and ord. 10-2-2022 aff. 191/21

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Information for purchasers of recording media subject to private copy levies

Article R311-9

…nline public communication site from which a dematerialised version of this notice can be consulted and downloaded.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-10

…required to carry out the activity that is the subject of the application as well as the deadlines and appeal procedures applicable to decisions taken on applications for authorisation; 2° Where the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of consultation documents

Article R3122-9

The consultation documents are made available electronically on a buyer profile defined in article R. 3122-10, as from the date of publication of a concession notice or the date of dispatch of the inv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-10

…the right of expression includes stipulations on : 1° The level, method of organisation, frequency and duration of meetings allowing employees to express themselves; 2° The digital tools available in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervisory Board

Article R6147-102

…e Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is made up of the following fifteen members: 1° Representatives of local and regional authorities: a) The mayors of Miquelon-Langlade and Saint-Pierre ; b) The President of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-10

…agency is headed by a director appointed by order of the ministers responsible for overseas France and health. The Director represents the Agency in legal proceedings and in all civil acts. He prepar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-9

The Etablissement Français du Sang assumes responsibility, even without fault, for the risks incurred by donors as a result of blood collection operations. It must take out insurance to cover its liab…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Categories of insurance and statements to be produced.

Article R344-9

…are the countries included in the list of countries drawn up in accordance with the international standard for country name codes and their subdivisions ISO 3166. For the purposes of these statistics,…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions relating to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin

Article L771-9

…733-4 as well as the last sentence of 2° of article L. 733-7 are not applicable to Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article L4312-9

…ted in full at the earliest budgetary decision following the approval of the administrative account and, in any event, before the close of the following financial year. The decision to allocate taken…

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