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Showing 91100 of 42407 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 23-3-1994 n° 535

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23-3

By way of derogation from I of Article L. 5125-23, the pharmacist may dispense a comparable product by way of substitution for the product prescribed if the following conditions are met: 1° This produ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-23-3

The manufacturer is required to update the risk analysis and management system referred to in Article R. 5211-23-2 by analysing all elements relating to the medical devices he manufactures and taking…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article D532-23-3

Where, pursuant to I of Article L. 532-24, an investment firm or credit institution wishes to provide custody account keeping services in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article D214-232-3

Any decision by the management company of a securitisation undertaking to buy and sell financial securities, to enter into, manage or terminate financial contracts or to modify all or part of the risk…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-9

The member of athlete support personnel or any other person who assists a person in violating the prohibition provided for in articles L. 232-23 and L. 232-23-4 and persons who have committed a breach…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Procedures for the performance of judicial police duties by authorised customs officers

Article R15-33-23

The customs officer appointed to carry out a judicial police mission shall immediately report to the public prosecutor or the requesting investigating judge if the latter has ordered such diligence. H…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Cinerary sites

Article R2223-23-3

Authorisation to remove an urn from a plot at a cemetery site is granted by the mayor under the conditions defined in Article R. 2213-40.In cinerary sites not subject to concessions, the deposit and r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-10

I.- Where the person concerned establishes in a particular case that he is not at fault or negligent, the period of suspension provided for in articles L. 232-23-3-3 to L. 232-23-3-9 shall not apply.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-8

The period of Ineligibility for multiple anti-doping rule violations shall be determined in accordance with the conditions set out in I to III. I.-A person who has been duly notified by the French Ant…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-11

The suspension provided for in 2° of I of article L. 232-23 shall take effect on the date of the decision of the Sanction Commission or of the agreement provided for in article L. 232-21, except where…

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