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Showing 35813590 of 59507 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 7 January 1987 · Cass. 3e civ. 25 March 2009 · Cass. com. 16 October 2019 · Cass. 1re civ. 1 October 1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72

…hts, the Haute Autorité de santé may modify any early access authorisation mentioned in article L. 5121-12 or the therapeutic use and data collection protocol. Where applicable, this decision is taken…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Orientation of the case

Article 776

Subject to the provisions of Article 1108, on the day of the orientation hearing, the case shall be called before the president of the chamber seised or to which the case has been distributed.The latt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General powers

Article L2312-78

The social and economic committee ensures, controls or participates in the management of all social and cultural activities established in the company, primarily for the benefit of employees, their fa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General powers

Article L2312-79

Employees are informed of the company's policy on sponsorship and support for associations and foundations.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-75

The employee has the right to benefit, with justification, from leave to attend the ceremony of reception into French citizenship. The spouse of the person mentioned in the first paragraph benefits fr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-76

In the event of a dispute, the employer's refusal may be challenged directly by the employee before the industrial tribunal (Conseil de prud'hommes), ruling under the accelerated procedure on the meri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R1113-7

…nt inviting them to withdraw the items deposited and reminding them of the provisions of article L. 1113-7.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-7

…product which does not have the marketing authorisation referred to in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018, the registration referred to in Article 86 of the same Regulation or the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-7

…east 5% of the share capital, of the works council, of the public prosecutor or of the Autorité des marchés financiers for persons whose financial securities are admitted to trading on a regulated mar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 708

…' fine or suspension of the driving licence has been decided by the trial court pursuant to article 132-28 of the Criminal Code, this decision may be modified under the conditions set out in the previ…

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