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Showing 361370 of 44148 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 10 July 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 16 June 1999 · Cass. 3e civ. 22 September 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 12 May 2004 · Cass. 3e civ. 29 January 2003

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-29-1

When an application for authorisation concerns a generic medicinal product of a reference medicinal product which has not been authorised in France, the applicant must indicate the Member State of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Calculation for broadcasting on television services

Article 211-29

…article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Open-cast earthworks.

Article R4534-22

…ible existence of soil deposits; 2° The location and nature of any underground pipes or cables that may be in the area where the work is to be undertaken; 3° The risks of the subsoil being impregnated…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIIIa: Basic excess

Article 293 B

…le persons carrying out an occult activity within the meaning of the second paragraph of Article L. 169 of the Book of Tax Procedures, benefit from an exemption which exempts them from paying value ad…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Dissolution and liquidation of the company

Article R743-139-29

…s, former commercial court clerks or former commercial court clerk partners. Under no circumstances may the duties of liquidator be entrusted to a partner who has been subject to a disciplinary penalt…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Termination of the transaction

Article L315-22

If the borrower defaults on the periodic repayment of interest, the lender may demand immediate repayment of interest that has fallen due but has not been paid.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Expertise

Article 160

…article 157 shall, each time they are appointed, take the oath provided for by the loi n° 71-498 du 29 juin 1971 relative aux experts judiciaires before the examining magistrate or the magistrate appo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-22

…in the case of performance studies mentioned in the second to fifth paragraphs of II of Article L. 1126-1, the authorisation of the competent authority; 2° Under conditions contrary to the provisions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Prohibition on prenatal and postnatal use.

Article L1225-29

The employee may not be employed for a total of eight weeks before and after giving birth.The employee may not be employed for six weeks after giving birth.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Advertising

Article R5125-29

A grouping or network formed between pharmacies may not advertise on behalf of the pharmacies that form it. No advertising may be made to the public for a group or network formed between pharmacies.

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