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Showing 781790 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Powers of investigation in public health matters

Article L1544-8-1

…L. 1421-3 for the performance of their duties, in the version resulting from Order No 2013-1183 of 19 December 2013 on the harmonisation of criminal and financial penalties relating to health products…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-9-1 A

When a new commune mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of article L. 2113-9 is created, it replaces the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation with its own tax status within the m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-9-1

Veterinary medicinal products for which the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail has restricted the conditions of supply t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Special provisions for systemic medicinal treatments for cancer

Article R6123-94-1-1

The establishment authorised to provide systemic medicinal treatments for cancer with a C rating complies with the obligations imposed on holders of authorisations for medicine caring for children and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional transplant activities referred to in Article L. 162-30-5 of the Social Security Code

Article R6123-83-1

The authorisation shall specify: 1° The organs or tissues or vascularised tissues for which it is granted; 2° The indication or situation concerned; 3° Whether the activity concerns children, adults a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorisation and practice

Article D513-11-8

Establishments or organisations authorised under Article L. 513-11-1 shall send the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé an annual activity repor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional transplant activities referred to in Article L. 162-30-5 of the Social Security Code

Article R6123-84-1

The National Committee is chaired by the Director General of Healthcare or his/her representative. The Agence de la biomédecine provides the secretariat. The members of the National Committee are subj…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-8

When it does not constitute the violation mentioned in 4° of article L. 232-10, the fact that any person, within the framework of the investigations mentioned in 3° of I of article L. 232-5 and in art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-8

…y the Executive Chairman of a certificate of such filing, or in the manner provided for inArticle 1690 of the Civil Code. The transfer may be relied on as against third parties once these formalities…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Purchases by French companies from French suppliers in competition with a foreign company receiving official export support

Article R442-10-8

The granting of the guarantee is subject to compliance by the purchasing French company with all of the following criteria: 1° It has, for at least one of the two financial years preceding the issue o…

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