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Showing 301310 of 57821 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 3-2-2010 n° 08-21.333

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

Article L232-20-3

At the request of the World Anti-Doping Agency, the French Anti-Doping Agency or the laboratory used by the Agency for the analysis of the Samples shall give it access to the Samples and related infor…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-20-3

The procedures for the application for authorisation and its examination by the group controller referred to in Articles R. 356-20 and R. 356-20-1 are specified in Articles 347, 348 and 349 of Commiss…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-36-2

The marketing authorisation issued by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé lapses if it transpires that: 1° That it is not followed by the marketing of the medicinal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-37-2

Following the granting of a marketing authorisation, including for an authorisation granted before 21 July 2012, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Holders of a diploma from the Ecole des Techniques Thermales d'Aix-les-Bains.

Article D4321-33-2

The jury, chaired by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency or his representative, comprises : 1° A doctor with expertise in rehabilitation ; 2° Two masseur-physiotherapists, at least one…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-3

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission, other than cable retransmission as defined in III of article L. 132-20-1 and meeting the conditions mentioned in II…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Storage receipts

Article L522-37-2

The storage receipt takes the form of an entry in a register kept by the manager of the platform mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 522-37-1 and under its responsibility. This entry specif…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Cinerary sites

Article R2223-23-3

Authorisation to remove an urn from a plot at a cemetery site is granted by the mayor under the conditions defined in Article R. 2213-40.In cinerary sites not subject to concessions, the deposit and r…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Clinical investigations

Article R5211-36-2

Implantable medical devices, active implantable medical devices and class III devices must be subject to clinical investigations, unless the use of existing clinical data can be duly justified.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-38-2

I. - The holder of the 1° designation and the 2° designation under the paediatric critical care modality of article R. 6123-34-2 must comply with a minimum annual activity level set by order of the Mi…

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