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Showing 551560 of 53735 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 January 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 20 December 2012 · Cass. com. 29 January 2002 · Cass. com. 3 May 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-29

…ially or by a method involving an industrial process, the authorisation provided for in Article L. 5124-3 constitutes authorisation, for the manufacturers of pharmaceutical products mentioned in artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-29

…format; > 2° They are free and easily accessible to the public, both for reading and downloading; > 3° Their conformity with the documents submitted to the Assembly of Corsica; 4° Their proper conserv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of training

Article R4461-29

…1° A body authorised under the conditions and according to the procedures defined in sub-section 3 below, for training leading to the issue of a certificate of aptitude for hyperbaric conditions, m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-29

Sworn merchandise brokers may be appointed to conduct the following public sales:

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Economic weighting studies

Article A713-29

…rocessed are: 1° The company name or designation; >The NAF code 2° The NAF code; > The SIRET number 3° The SIRET number; 4° The address; 5° The number of employees; > The net taxable base 6° The net t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Prohibition on prenatal and postnatal use.

Article L1225-29

The employee may not be employed for a total of eight weeks before and after giving birth.The employee may not be employed for six weeks after giving birth.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Advertising

Article R5125-29

A grouping or network formed between pharmacies may not advertise on behalf of the pharmacies that form it. No advertising may be made to the public for a group or network formed between pharmacies.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-29

…f associations or non-profit organisations registered in the register referred to in article L. 141-3, the association or non-profit organisation must hold in its books a certificate in which the guar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article D712-29

To benefit from the free alert right provided for by Article L. 712-2-1, the local authorities and public establishments mentioned in Article L. 712-2-1 shall send the National Institute of Industrial…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National medical biology commission

Article R6213-20

…Health. However, when the commission rules, in a restricted formation, on the requests mentioned in 3° of article L. 6213-2 and in article L. 6213-2-1 or, in a plenary formation, on the requests menti…

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