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Showing 42314240 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-76

The provisions of I of article R. 5126-30, of article R. 5126-31 and, subject to article R. 5126-71, of article R. 5126-33 are applicable to the in-house pharmacies of the fire and rescue services.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-78

The provisions of the first two paragraphs of article R. 5126-74 and of articles R. 5126-75 and R. 5126-30 relating to requests for the creation and transfer of a pharmacy are applicable to requests f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation for creation or transfer

Article R5126-79

…gency with territorial jurisdiction has informed the chairman of the board of directors of the fire and rescue service of the nature of the infringements observed and has given him formal notice to pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions.

Article L1248-7

…13, is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros.A repeat offence is punishable by a fine of 7,500 euros and six months' imprisonment.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Other signs identifying origin and quality

Article L432-7

…odstuff or a non-food, unprocessed agricultural product, with the exception of wines, spirit drinks and intermediate products, of a product or service mark and a reference to one of the methods of rec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704-3

…the one-month period provided for in the first paragraph of Article 704-2. The investigating judge and the public prosecutor shall be notified of the judgment of the investigating chamber or the crim…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704-1

For the prosecution, investigation and, in the case of misdemeanours, trial of the offences provided for in Article 704 and related offences, the public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the spe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704-4

…ppeal, within whose jurisdiction a court with jurisdiction under Article 704 is located, shall lead and coordinate, in consultation with the other Public Prosecutors in the inter-regional jurisdiction…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Prosthetists and orthotists for the fitting of appliances to the disabled.

Article L4364-7

…n to provide a service, he or she must have the language skills required to practise the profession and those relating to the systems of weights and measures used in France. The language proficiency t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article D312-7

The threshold mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 312-17 is set at 3,000 euros.

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