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Showing 56815690 of 21704 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 11 Mar. 2008 – no. 07-10.590

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Economic, social and environmental database

Article R2312-7

…between women and men and to the actions implemented to eliminate them, as mentioned in article L. 1142-8 , as well as, for the companies mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 1142-11, the d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-28

…sional qualification held by the applicant in accordance with the classification set out in Article 11 of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 as amen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation.

Article D4626-2

…th :-a service common to several administrations as provided for in the second paragraph of article 11 of decree no. 82-453 of 28 May 1982 as amended relating to occupational health and safety and med…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-12

…ntation of the medicinal product to these professionals by the persons mentioned in article L. 5122-11; 2° Studies or surveys of these professionals; 3° Scientific meetings or congresses attended by t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-2

The preparation, preservation, distribution and transfer, for autologous or allogeneic therapeutic purposes, of tissues and their derivatives and cell therapy preparations may be carried out by establ…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-2

…ourist residence may be placed under the status of co-ownership of built property as defined by law no. 65-557 of 10 July 1965 , as amended, or under the status of timeshare property allocation compan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-31

…edures laid down in Article L. 621-32: - publishers of press publications within the meaning of law no. 86-897 of 1 August 1986 reforming the legal status of the press ;- publishers of radio or televi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-18

…f the General Tax Code who make the first sale in France of medical devices defined in Article L. 5211-1 of this Code and in vitro diagnostic medical devices defined in Article L. 5221-1 sociale send…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-5

I.-In order to draw up the declaration relating to the employment obligation, the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 and L. 752-4 of the Social Security Code or in article L. 723-2 of the Rural and…

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

Article R5121-50

The Director General of the Agence de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) makes public, in particular via the Agency's website: 1°…

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