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Showing 39813990 of 21018 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 14 février 2003 n° 00-19423

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions.

Article R4211-17

Articles R. 1243-4 to R. 1243-10 and R. 1243-12 to R. 1243-14 are applicable to establishments or organisations carrying out the activities of preparation, storage, distribution or transfer of gene th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Work equipment and means of protection.

Article R4722-6

…ans of protection subject to the conformity certification procedure provided for in Article R. 4313-14 and which are the subject of one of the operations referred to in Article L. 4311-3, with the tec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Products presented as aiding diagnosis, prevention or treatment.

Article R5122-19

For a product mentioned in article L. 5122-14, the visa for advertising to the public mentioned in article L. 5122-8 is issued and may be suspended or withdrawn under the conditions set out in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Mobility within or outside the European Union

Article R6325-36

…ary of the professionalisation contract to be covered in application of 3° of II of article L. 6332-14. As soon as it is signed, the agreement provided for in article R. 6325-34 is sent by the employe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and amount of the financial guarantee

Article R7123-21

…less than 6% of the total payroll resulting from the annual declarations made under article R. 243-14 of the Social Security Code, nor less than a minimum of 15,200 euros, which may be revised by dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article R5462-3

…iagnostic medical devices that do not comply with the provisions of articles R. 5221-10 and R. 5221-14 without displaying a sign clearly indicating that these devices may not be placed on the market o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain public service sports management structures

Article L115-1

I.-Provided that they continue to be used for the public sports service and that the beneficiary local authorities draw up a project for the establishment, full ownership of the following is transferr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Environment.

Article L4424-35

…in governed by the statutes applicable to them on 2 April 1992, the date of entry into force of loi n° 91-428 du 13 mai 1991 portant statut de la collectivité territoriale de Corse. The conditions for…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Definition of categories and sub-categories.

Article A344-2

…dic premiums;10 Group contracts covered by article L. 441-1 but not covered by categories 11, 12 or 14; 11 Contracts covered by article L. 144-2; 12 Contracts covered by the allocation sub-accounts me…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Project owners

Article L2411-1

Project owners are principally responsible for the project. They may not delegate this function of general interest, defined in Title II, subject to the provisions of this book relating to the mandate…

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