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Showing 46114620 of 36308 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 16-4-2008 n° 07-15.486

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-49-5

I.-For the medicinal products of major therapeutic interest referred to in article L. 5111-4, marketing authorisation holders and pharmaceutical companies exploiting medicinal products shall, under th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-49-1

I.-A supply shortage is defined as the inability of a dispensing pharmacy or a pharmacy for internal use as defined in article L. 5126-1 to dispense a medicinal product to a patient within 72 hours, a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-4

The importing pharmaceutical establishment shall ensure that the investigational medicinal products it imports have been subjected to standards of good manufacturing practice at least equivalent to th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-4

I.-Any financial investment adviser must become a member of an association responsible for monitoring the individual professional activities of its members, representing them collectively and defendin…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-44

The Board of Directors decides on the business of the school. In particular, it deliberates on : 1° The general policy and objectives of the establishment and gives its approval to the general guideli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions for entry into or exit from national territory of elements or products of the human body referred to in Article R. 1245-1, for therapeutic purposes

Article R1245-4

The legal entities or natural persons mentioned in article R. 1245-1 who procure, supply, import or export for therapeutic purposes, including research involving the human person within the meaning of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Emergency evacuation of victims by approved civil protection associations

Article R6312-45

The persons making up the crews of the vehicles of approved civil security associations belong to the following categories: 1° Holders of the ambulance driver's state diploma instituted by the ministe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L450-4

The officers mentioned in article L. 450-1 may visit any premises and seize documents and any data media and, where applicable, the means of decrypting them, which may be held, accessible or available…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Fees charged by bailiffs

Article A444-43

The services listed under numbers 151 to 203 of table 3-3 give rise to the collection by the judicial officer of the following emoluments:Number of the service (table 3-3 of article appendix 4-7)Descr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-4

The Agency has a Steering Committee which ensures the quality of its medical and scientific expertise, taking into account any ethical issues that may arise. This board must be consulted by the Direct…

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