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Showing 24312440 of 21427 articles for Art. Cass. com. 31 March 2004

French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Judicial arrangements for advertising

Article R322-37

…R. 322-31 to R. 322-35. The request is made, depending on the case,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The National Insurance School.

Article L412-1

…inancing of the Ecole Nationale d'Assurances, and, in the absence of such a rider, from 1st January 2004.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-9

Advertising of a medicinal product to members of the health professions authorised to prescribe or dispense medicinal products or to use them in the exercise of their profession is subject to prior au…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article L111-7

…ison and what falls within the scope of advertising within the meaning of the article 20 of law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004for confidence in the digital economy. This decree also sets the terms and c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5

…e subject of an authorisation for the preparation process provided for in Article 6(2) of Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the establishment of st…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-32

…Article D. 331-31 the video game in question meets the conditions laid down in I, II a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Types of practice.

Article L743-12

…rading companies or in the form of self-employed companies as provided for by the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de sociétés des professions libérales soumises à u…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VII: Exceptional provisions specific to the Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin départements.

Article R670-1

…s of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle in matters provided for by this code are determined by Article 31 of the law of 1 June 1924 introducing French commercial laws into these departments and by articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R814-145

…s mentioned in B of I of the article 5 and at 1° and 3° of I of the Article 6 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D6523-2-3

In the statistical and financial statement provided for in article R. 6332-31, the skills operators authorised in application of article D. 6523-2-1 mention, for the local authority or authorities con…

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