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Showing 19111920 of 42508 articles for Art. Cass. com. 9 October 2012 · Cass. 3e civ. 11 May 2005 · Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financing

Article R4382-9

The establishments listed in article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, other public sector employers and private sector employers fin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-11

…or observations allowing the objection to be lifted, the application is rejected. The notification may be accompanied by a proposal for regularisation. This proposal is deemed accepted if the applica…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-11

In article L. 642-1, the obligation on the court to take account of the provisions contained in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of Article L. 331-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code means the following prescri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article A742-11

…he candidate who has obtained the highest mark in the first oral admission test.The selection board may decide not to fill all the places offered if it considers that the number of candidates with the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Admission to psychiatric care at the request of a third party or in the event of imminent danger

Article L3212-11

…1 or article L. 3212-3 ; 4° The dates on which the information mentioned in a and b of article L. 3211-3 was issued; 5° Where applicable, a reference to the decision to place the person under guardian…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3b: Hybrid specialities

Article R5121-9-9

A reference medicinal product may belong to both a generic group and a hybrid group as defined respectively in b and d of 5° of Article L. 5121-1.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation of the solvency margin.

Article R334-11

…intangible items, of the following items:1. However, preference shares as defined in article L. 228-11 of the French Commercial Code may be issued only if they meet the conditions laid down by order o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-97

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall register the homeopathic medicinal products referred to in Article L. 5121-13 and the traditional…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-98

…ill take a decision within two hundred and ten days of the submission of a complete application. He may ask the applicant, in a letter stating the reasons for the request, for any additional informati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-99

…risk-benefit balance of the medicinal product as defined in the first paragraph of article L. 5121-9 in the case of traditional herbal medicinal products. In this case, the additional renewal takes p…

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