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Showing 941950 of 38682 articles for Art. Cass. com. 23 March 1999 n° 97-15.000 · Cass. soc. 19 June 2013 n° 12-17.913 · Cass. 3e civ. 30 January 2002 · Cass. com. 13 February 2007 n° 05-10.221 · Cass. 3e civ. 20 November 1997 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 December 2010 n° 09-71.489

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 14: Inclusion on the list of medicinal products for officinal use

Article R5121-204

…end or remove the registration of a medicinal product from the list provided for in article R. 5121-202 if the conditions laid down in this article are no longer met or for any public health reason, i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-198

The regional pharmacovigilance centres inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé on the same day of the reports of adverse reactions likely to be due to a blood-de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-197

…respondent mentioned in article R. 5121-181 who receives the report provided for in article R. 5121-196 immediately forwards it to the regional pharmacovigilance centre. If he is otherwise aware of an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-199

…e sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé under the conditions set out in articles R. 5121-171 to R. 5121-173.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Reporting obligations.

Article R5121-196

…tion is made in accordance with the procedures laid down by the order mentioned in article R. 5121-177.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article 20

Subject to the provisions of article 20-1, the following are judicial police officers: 1° Members of the national gendarmerie, other than volunteers, who do not have the status of judicial police offi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-23

…determined by a delegated act of the Commission adopted pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 227 of Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 (Solven…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Referral by the Cour de cassation of the priority question of constitutionality to the Conseil constitutionnel

Article 126-12

The Cour de cassation is not obliged to refer to the Conseil constitutionnel a priority question of constitutionality challenging, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Conse…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Reciprocal participations.

Article R233-19

The notice sent to a company, pursuant to Article R. 233-17, is brought to the attention of shareholders by the report of the Board of Directors, the Management Board or the Executive Chairmen, as the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Opinion of the college and compensation offer

Article R1142-63-30

I. -In its opinion provided for in article L. 1142-24-12, the College shall rule on whether the damage is attributable to the prescription of sodium valproate or one of its derivatives during pregnanc…

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