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Showing 33113320 of 21704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Mar. 2008 – no. 07-10.590

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Audit of operating accounts

Article D251-4

…ine producer has three months from receipt of the draft audit report provided for in article L. 251-11 to submit its written observations to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Application to certain establishments with an in-house pharmacy.

Article R5132-42

…g sections 1 to 3 of this chapter to the establishments mentioned in articles L. 5126-1 and L. 5126-11 shall be laid down, where appropriate, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Departmental advisory committee on safety and accessibility

Article D312-26

The departmental safety and accessibility advisory committee set up under decree no. 95-260 of 8 March 1995 is responsible for giving an opinion, under the conditions set out in the aforementioned dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-10

…n embryo by joint declaration before a notary in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 1157-2 and 1157-3 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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

Article L5142-1

…subject to clinical trials, are carried out by establishments governed by Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and by this chapter.II.-In each establishment authorised under Article 88 of Regula…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Principle of non-discrimination.

Article L1132-1

…smissed or subjected to a direct or indirect discriminatory measure, as defined in Article 1 of Law No. 2008-496 of 27 May 2008 containing various provisions for adapting to Community law in the field…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-50-4

…f this Article are overriding legislation within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-3

…rs chosen from the sections or sub-sections of the National Universities Council governed by decree no. 87-31 of 20 January 1987 corresponding to the discipline or speciality concerned:a) For medicine…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-13

…get and the financial account are enforceable under the conditions laid down in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management. Decisions relating t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2661-2

…ishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISION…

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