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Showing 28912900 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
Subsection 6: Publication of compassionate access authorisations

Article R5121-74-11

…information relating to the compassionate access authorisation from which it benefits to the healthcare professionals concerned must not constitute advertising within the meaning of Article L. 5122-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-11

…the compassionate prescribing framework or any information relating to this framework to the healthcare professionals concerned must not constitute advertising within the meaning of Article L. 5122-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L71-111-7

…ts renewal, the assembly of French Guyana establishes its budgetary and financial regulations.The local authority's budgetary and financial regulations specify in particular:1° The procedures for mana…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 17: Medical equipment

Article L224-110

For producers and distributors of medical equipment, spare parts must be available within a minimum period defined by decree, which may not be less than five years. This decree also sets the list of m…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-15

The members of the Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission) shall maintain secrecy with regard to both the deliberations and the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIVc: Victim support office

Article 706-15-4

A victim support office shall be set up in each judicial court, the composition, tasks and operating procedures of which shall be specified by decree..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-112-1

…notify the guardian or tutor. If the person is not assisted by a lawyer or has not undergone a medical examination, the curator, tutor or substitute decision-maker may appoint a lawyer or ask for a l…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-7

The injunctions, information, invitations and notifications referred to in articles R. 1263-11-1 to R. 1263-11-6 shall be made by any means capable of giving them a date certain.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L742-15

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to financial instruments

Article L743-15

…ollowing table shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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