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Showing 37813790 of 51113 articles for Art. Cass. com. 3 October 2006 · Cass. com. 23 October 2012 n° 11-24.033 · Cass. com. 15 September 2015 n° 14-17.964 · CA Versailles 6 June 1997

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-14

…offer for sale, sale, import and export of falsified medicinal products defined in article L. 5111-3 for veterinary use are punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €375,000. These penalt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-116

…ject to the provisions of chapter II of title III of this book, with the exception of articles R. 5132-3, R. 5132-4, R. 5132-9, R. 5132-10, R. 5132-11, R. 5132-13, R. 5132-14, last paragraph, and R. 5…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to ski lifts and conveyors.

Article R342-14

The people who carry out the checks provided for in article R. 342-13 are independent of the owner, manufacturer and operator of the ski lift or conveyor belt.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General rules (R)

Article R4134-14

The chairman is responsible for policing the meetings.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-14-1

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 sexies

…es for concessions, patents, licences, trademarks, processes, software, rights and similar assets;- capital gains on the disposal of tangible and intangible fixed assets, where they relate to a normal…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-14

…rmance study involving an intervention on the patient which is not justified by the patient's usual care and which exposes the patient to risks and constraints which are not minimal, the sponsor provi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: Medical activity

Article R6123-155

The authorisation holder participates, where necessary, in the permanent care service referred to in Article L. 6111-1-3.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Capital grants (R).

Article D5212-14

The prefect shall set the rate of capital grant increases applicable to the operations provided for in Article D. 5212-10 and selected by him. This rate shall be between 5% and 15% of the amount of th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-15

…cted of infringing copyright or related rights are detained after a request mentioned in Article L. 335-10 has been accepted, goods transported in small consignments may be destroyed under the supervi…

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