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Showing 26112620 of 47047 articles for Art. Cass. com. 7 February 1995 n° 318 · Cass. com. 17 November 1998 · Cass. com. 19 October 1999 · Cass. com. 11 January 2017 n° 15-22.382 · CA Versailles 19 January 2016 · Cass. com. 17 May 1994

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Points of entry to the territory

Article R3115-17-1

The points of entry to the territory mentioned in articles R. 3115-16 and R. 3115-17 have the technical capacities set out in paragraph 2 of this sub-section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-17-3

…e wholesaler-distributor has fulfilled its public service obligations as set out in article L. 5124-17-2, it may sell medicinal products outside the national territory or to wholesale distributors for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-section 1: Provisions applicable to the release under constraint provided for in I of article 720

Article D147-17-1

The refusal of the sentenced person expressed after the information provided for in article D. 147-17 is recorded by the prison integration and probation service, which informs the sentence enforcemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Special conditions for the "cardiovascular" designation

Article D6124-177-35

Medical continuity of care is ensured by a doctor specialising in cardiovascular medicine. At least one nurse is permanently present in the rehabilitation rooms alongside patients. A doctor specialisi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-17-1

…the Agence de services et de paiement. It includes all the information specified in article R. 5134-17.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-17-2

…down in Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006, referred to above, and in Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 953/2003 of 26 May 20…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Publication of notices relating to the European Company

Article R123-171-1

The notice provided for in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 on the Statute for a European Company (SE) of 8 October 2001, in the event of the registration and deletion of a European…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Amount of the surcharge and recovery of the unpaid parking charge

Article R2333-120-17

…f the unpaid post-parking charge and its increase are governed by the provisions of article R. 2323-7 of the general code of public property.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Budgetary and accounting arrangements for the High Council

Article R821-14-17

…available funds shall be deposited with the Treasury under the conditions defined in Articles 46, 47 and 197 of Decree 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the various enforcement courts

Article D49-17-2

…general assembly of the court, at the end of the judicial year for the following judicial year, and may, if necessary, be modified during the year under the same conditions. If it is impossible to rea…

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