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Showing 601610 of 59566 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 5-1-1999 n° 96-22.914

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Resale of second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Article R5222-18-5

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article R. 5222-18-4, where the second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical device which is the subject of the transfer has never been put into service, the file consists…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to documents.

Article L8113-5-1

For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences constituting illegal employment referred to in Article L. 8211-1, the inspection officers defined by regulation may, during their visits…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-51-1

I. - When the managers referred to in Article L. 511-13 or Article L . 532-2(4), the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions of an entit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article D111-5-1

In application of the first paragraph of article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-5

A tattooing product may only be placed on the market, whether free of charge or for a fee, if it meets the following conditions: 1° Its container and packaging must bear the name or company name and a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Shared functions

Article R6132-19-5

I.-At the request of all the directors of the hospitals belonging to the consortium, in consultation with the management boards and after receiving the opinion of the consortium's medical commission,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant varieties

Article D623-58-1

The composition and operation of the joint conciliation commission specific to the plant variety field are governed by articles R. 615-9 to R. 615-11, R. 615-13 to R. 615-34, subject to the following…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-1-5

I.-A marketing authorisation holder who does not himself carry out the advertising operations referred to in Articles 119 and 120 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 shall declare to the Dir…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-176-5

In the event of a merger between several forestry investment groups or between one or more forestry investment groups and one or more forestry savings companies or between one or more forestry investm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article D2224-5-1

The detailed description of the drinking water transport and distribution works referred to in article L. 2224-7-1 and the detailed description of the wastewater collection and transport works referre…

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