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Showing 21212130 of 20693 articles for Art. Cass. com. 16 avril 2013 n° 09-10583

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-1

…y Articles 28 to 31 of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products, is punishable by three years' imprisonment a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Slaughter health fees

Article 302 bis R

A decree sets out the conditions for application of

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R950-1

…o. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Article R. 123-159Decree No. 2007-750 of 9 May 2007 Articles R. 123-160 and R. 123-161Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Article R. 123-162Decree No. 2019-1207 of 20 N…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Powers of the President of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-25

…egional authority. He manages the staff of the collectivity under the conditions set out in article 16-3 of law n° 72-619 of 5 July 1972 creating and organising the regions and the loi n° 84-53 du 26…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Characterisation of infringements of rights

Article R331-18

…rt being sent by the rapporteur to the chairman. It is governed by the provisions of Articles 14 to 16 of Decree no. 2013-1196 of 19 December 2013 on the sanction procedure implemented by the Autorité…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-1

…eaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Eur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-17

In the cases provided for in article R. 5122-16, a document containing the information provided for in 16° of article R. 3243-1 is given to the employee by the Agence de services et de paiement.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for initial applications for clinical trials on medicinal products

Article R1124-10

…ents on elements falling under Part I provided for in Article 6 of the aforementioned Regulation of 16 April 2014, within 22 days of the date of validation of the application referred to in Article 5(…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat tuberculosis

Article D3112-11-3

The amount of the fixed annual grant referred to inArticle L. 174-16 of the Social Security Code is determined by an agreement signed by the centre's representative and the Director General of the Reg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L773-25

…t-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 525-1 law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 525-2 Order no. 2013-792 of 30 August 2013 L. 525-3 and L. 525-4 law…

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