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Showing 14511460 of 39565 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 7-4-2004 n° 465

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-7

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions for application of this chapter, in particular : 1° The definition of the shared medical project provided for in II of Article L. 6132-2 ;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article R225-73

I.-When the company's shares are not all in registered form, the notice referred to in article R. 225-66 is preceded by a notice published in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires, at least t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: REPUBLICAN INTEGRATION

Article R413-7

Article R. 413-6 does not apply when the foreign national resides in France under the following residence permits: 1° The temporary residence permit bearing the wording "temporary worker" provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-7

Research involving the following products is subject to express authorisation from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° Organs and tissue…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial assistance

Article R5134-70

The amounts received by way of aid for professional integration are not repaid, and the employer retains the benefit of the aid corresponding to the number of days worked by the employee whose employm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Labelling.

Article R5141-74

Ampoules and other small primary packagings on which it is impossible to include all the particulars provided for in Article R. 5141-73 may include only the following information: 1° The name of the m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE TITLE

Article L5111-7

I.- A local authority employee who changes employer as a result of a reorganisation provided for in the present part benefits from the provisions of article L. 714-9 of the General Civil Service Code.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of pharmacist-biologists.

Article R4235-72

The scientific information for the medical or pharmaceutical profession mentioned in article L. 6211-7 may not be misused for advertising purposes.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Bonds issued by economic interest groupings.

Article L213-7

The economic interest group may issue bonds under the conditions set out in Article L. 251-7 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-7

Herbalists who qualified on 20 September 1941 have the right to practise for life. Qualified herbalists may hold for sale and sell for medical use medicinal plants or parts of plants, whether indigeno…

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