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Showing 29512960 of 20626 articles for Art. Cass. com. 14 November 2018

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-87

…sfer in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of article 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966. This notification implies a commitment on the part of the transferee or the acquiring…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions

Article R4211-53

…ed in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medicinal products.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4381-47

Apart from the cases provided for by article 19 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and by articles R. 4381-48, R. 4381-52, R. 4381-79 and R. 4381-80 i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Issue.

Article R5132-6-1

…edicines listed on the medical supplies provided for in the regulations annexed to the decree of 23 November 1987 relating to ship safety, on presentation by the pharmacist or doctor, or failing this…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-30

…2021 in relation to the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 31 March of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019, less the amounts of subsidies intended to compensate for the loss of turnover suffere…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Technical and financial profit-sharing

Article A132-11

…5, 6 and 7 of Article A. 344-2 and not covered by an allocation sub-account mentioned in Article L. 142-4 and appearing, in Article 423-28 of Regulation No. 2015-11 of 26 November 2015 of the French A…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Relocation of film screenings

Article D212-15

…Article D. 212-14 states: 1° The number of the licence issued to the exhibitor correspond…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: International trade mark

Article R717-1

…cles R. 712-3(2°, d), R. 712-9 to R. 712-11, R. 712-13 to R. 712-19, R. 712-23 and R. 712-23-1, R. 714-2 R. 714-4 to R. 714-8 and R. 716-1 to R. 716-14 shall apply to international trademark registrat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article R1612-28

The proposals of the regional audit chamber, formulated in accordance with article L. 1612-14 aimed at re-establishing a balanced budget, relate to measures that are the sole responsibility of the loc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declaration of exemptions

Article R1453-16

The recommendations referred to in Article L. 1453-10 may relate in particular to : 1° The definition of benefits required by the provisions of 4° of Article R. 1453-14 ; 2° The amounts of these benef…

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