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Showing 67216730 of 22478 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 21 June 2016 – no. 14-26.938

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products reserved for hospital use

Article R5121-83

…ng the conditions laid down in Book I of Part IV of this Code, as well as in I of Article 60 of Law no. 99-641 of 27 July 1999 creating universal health cover, and practising in a public or private he…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional advisory committees

Article R6113-22

…r their administrative and material organisation pursuant to the first paragraph of Article R. 6113-21: 1° One representative from each representative employee trade union organisation at national and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Lending of labour on the basis of Article L. 8241-3

Article R8241-2

…f the economic, social and environmental database mentioned in article L. 2312-18. Articles L. 1251-21 to L. 1251-24, 2° and 3° of Article L. 2312-6 and Article L. 5221-4 of this Code as well as Artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Local commissions for liberal professions.

Article R6154-12

…1° of Article L. 6152-1 or a member of the teaching and hospital staff mentioned in Article L. 952-21 of the Education Code, not practising on a freelance basis, appointed by the establishment's medi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

…condition does not apply to housing benefiting from the subsidised loans defined in article D. 372-21 of the French Construction and Housing Code. However, in order to qualify for the tax credit, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Labelling.

Article R5141-73

Without prejudice to the information required by the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to poisonous substances, the labelling of the immediate packaging and the outer packaging of a veter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: NATIONAL BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR GROUPINGS

Article L1831-2

…table, subject to the adaptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1221-1 Law no. 2021-771 of 17 June 2021 ratifying ordinances no. 2021-45 of 20 January 2021 and no. 20…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Exploitation on on-demand audiovisual media services

Article L232-1

…the absence of a professional agreement made compulsory within one month of the publication of law no. 2009-669 of 12 June 2009 promoting the dissemination and protection of creativity on the interne…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-96

…the public is welcomed for the activities mentioned in I of article 40 of the aforementioned decree no. 2021-699 of 1 June 2021;3° Turnover is determined by taking into account the period between 3 Ja…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-22-1

I.-Each year, before 30 June, the holder of an authorisation sends the prefect of the department in which its main establishment is located and the national council an activity report covering the who…

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