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Showing 26212630 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for swearing in

Article L131-19

Any person, other than those mentioned in Article L. 131-18, who has used one of the names referred to in that same article shall be liable to the penalties provided for in Article 433-17 of the Penal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies A

…ght of 2.6 tonnes or more that exclusively use one or more of the following energies:a) Natural gas and biomethane fuel;aa) A combination of natural gas and diesel fuel necessary for the operation of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-108

…on may be refused if the medicinal product presents or is likely to present a risk to public health and, for medicinal products required for research involving the human person, if authorisation for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-109

…isation is required for each import operation. For medicinal products other than finished products, and for medicinal products necessary for carrying out research involving the human person declared u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article R643-19

…iquidator shall file an end-of-assignment report under the conditions set out in Articles R. 626-39 and R. 626-40. Article R. 626-41 is applicable. When the judicial liquidator has been informed of th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Exception for people with disabilities

Article R122-19

The publisher shall transmit the digital file of a work to the Bibliothèque nationale de France within forty-five days of a request from the latter.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Lawyers' fees

Article A444-191

I. - With the exception of the cases mentioned in II and III, deeds carried out in relation to the seizure of immovable property and licitation by judicial auction (numbers 1, 2 and 3 of Table 6) give…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Radiation protection advisor

Article R1333-19

…ticle L. 1333-7 ; b) Periodic verification of the effectiveness of the internal control, procedures and technical devices referred to in Article R. 1333-15; c) Receipt and inspection, from the point o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Tasks that may be carried out by dispensing pharmacists

Article D5125-33-6-1

…n cooperation protocols drawn up under the conditions provided for in Articles R. 4011-1, D. 4011-3 and D. 4011-4. The conditions for the prior training of pharmacists mentioned inArticle 30 of Law 20…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advances

Article R2193-19

As soon as the contractor fulfils the conditions to benefit from an advance payment, an advance payment is made, at their request, to the subcontractors benefiting from direct payment. For the purpose…

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