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Showing 24412450 of 40503 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24 March 1999 · Cass. com. 13 February 2007 · Cass. com. 31 May 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-13

…sions of this Title is authorised provided that a visible sign clearly indicates that these devices may not be placed on the market or put into service until they have been brought into conformity.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Supporting documents and other evidence relating to the conditions for participation

Article R2343-13

…with the necessary level of protection. Where the candidate is established in France, the purchaser may ask the competent administrative authority to verify, within a period set by the purchaser, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-13

I.- In the event of repackaging, the holder of a parallel import authorisation for a proprietary veterinary medicinal product shall notify the holder of the marketing authorisation for the proprietary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tests to verify knowledge

Article R4221-13

I. - Persons authorised to pursue a skills consolidation programme may, at their request, obtain a postponement of their assignment for up to eighteen months if, at the time when the Minister responsi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Termination of proceedings

Article 696-132

…s are not inadmissible under Articles 82-3 and 173-1. Once this time limit has expired, the parties may no longer make such observations or formulate or submit such requests or applications. At the en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-13

A claim for compensation for damage attributable to a preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic procedure or to a research procedure involving the human person shall be submitted to the Commission within…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-13

Any creditor registered on a business may, where article L. 143-11 does not apply, request that it be put up for sale by public auction, offering to pay the principal price, excluding equipment and go…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-4

…r. In criminal matters or for offences punishable by ten years' imprisonment, the public prosecutor may then, if the requisitions are motivated, in whole or in part, by the grounds provided for in 4°…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-13

…of at least half of its members or at the request of the Minister for Sport. The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least half of its members are present. If the quorum is not reache…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-136

…notified to the public prosecutor and the parties. Within five days of its notification, this order may be referred, at the request of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, the public prosecutor or…

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