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Showing 40314040 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-22

Where the application for marketing authorisation concerns a generator, it shall also include: 1° A general description of the system and a detailed description of the components of the system likely…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-12

Any medical device placed on the market or put into service in France must bear the CE mark certifying that it meets the conditions set out in article R. 5211-17. However, CE marking is not required f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-19

On duly justified request, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may authorise, by way of derogation, the placing on the market and putting in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Certification of the accounts of public health institutions

Article R6145-61-2

The body or bodies responsible for certification are appointed by the Supervisory Board for a period of six financial years on the proposal of the director of the institution, following a competitive…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article R743-13

…2022-110 of 1 February 2022R. 214-203-2n° 2018-1004 of 19 November 2018R. 214-203-3n° 2016-1587 of 24 November 2016R. 214-203-4n°2018-1004 of 19 November 2018R. 214-203-5n° 2016-1587 of 24 November 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-9

I. - The eligible financial securities referred to in 1° of I of article L. 214-20 meet the following conditions:1° The potential loss to which the UCITS is exposed as a result of holding them is limi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1798 bis

…lure to inform the administration in the event of an irregularity mentioned in 2° of article L. 311-24 of the code of taxes on goods and services;4° The use of documents mentioned in 4° of article L.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-14

…victim from the person placed under judicial supervision under the conditions set out in article R. 24-18. It is notified to the person placed under judicial supervision..

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation decisions

Article R1333-126

…exposed in accordance with the procedures laid down in Articles R. 1333-16, R. 1333-23 and R. 1333-24 and the procedures for making this estimate available to the public;3° The obligation to draw up…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R743-126

…osed transferee, it shall proceed in accordance with the provisions ofarticles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24.If the acquirer is a third party to the company, the provisions ofarticles R. 743-44 and R. 743-1…

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