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Showing 52515260 of 21304 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 24 Nov. 1998 – Chevassus-Marche

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-140

The information provided for in Articles R. 5121-138 and R. 5121-139 is written in French. They may also be written in other languages, provided that the same information appears in all the languages…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-12

Where a Community herbal monograph has been established or where the herbal medicinal product consists of herbal substances, preparations or combinations thereof included in the list drawn up by the C…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-121

The application for a parallel import authorisation is accompanied by a dossier comprising : 1° A sample of the proprietary medicinal product which has obtained marketing authorisation in France and a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Systems and components intended to be assembled to form a medical device.

Article R5211-67

A natural or legal person who assembles devices bearing the CE marking, in accordance with their intended purpose and within the limits of use laid down by their manufacturers, in order to place them…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-33

…ons or contract or settlement subscription forms, under the conditions provided for in Articles L. 324-1 and L. 384-1 to L. 384-3 of the Insurance Code, L. 212-11 and L. 214-11 of the Mutual Code and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-99

The company called upon to allot the equity securities or securities giving access thereto must take the measures necessary to protect the interests of the holders of the rights thus created if it dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article L442-1

I.-Any person engaged in production, distribution or service activities, in the context of commercial negotiation, the conclusion or performance of a contract, is liable and obliged to compensate the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-3

I. - The collège de résolution shall assess, on the basis of a valuation in accordance with Article L. 613-47, the cumulative amount:1° Where applicable, the amount by which the value of the commitmen…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Purchasing techniques

Article L2125-1

The purchaser may, in compliance with the rules applicable to the procedures defined in this Title, use purchasing techniques to pre-select economic operators likely to meet its needs or to enable ten…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-22-3

Any person governed by public or private law may obtain a compulsory licence under the conditions set out in this article and in Article L. 623-22-4. The application for a compulsory licence is made t…

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