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Showing 531540 of 58186 articles for Art. Loi 2013-98 du 28-1-2013

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Disciplinary chambers of first instance.

Article R4322-28

In addition to its chairman, the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance comprises:1° Two full members and two alternate members elected by the regional or inter-regional council from among its members…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Conditions for carrying out tax missions

Article 285 undecies

For the performance by the customs and excise administration of its duties relating to taxes recovered in accordance with the same procedures and subject to the same penalties, guarantees, securities…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-28

In setting the damages, the court shall take into account separately: 1° The negative economic consequences of the infringement, including the loss of profit and loss suffered by the injured party; 2°…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial autopsies

Article 230-28

…ing to his training in forensic medicine or a title justifying his experience in forensic medicine. During a forensic autopsy, the practitioner appointed for this purpose takes any biological samples…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Prescribing, ordering and dispensing procedures

Article R5139-28

…e acquisition, possession or transfer, whether free of charge or for consideration, of medicinal products covered by this section:1° dispensing pharmacists, pharmacists managing mutual pharmacies, pha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of movable property by public auction

Article A321-28

…and competences acquired in the course of professional experience or lifelong learning having been duly validated for this purpose by a competent body;3° The subjects of the programme for the aptitud…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article R228-28

Decisions by general meetings of shareholders, relating to the consolidation of shares, provided for in articles L. 228-29-1 and L. 228-29-2, are taken, under the conditions laid down for amending the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Validation of data in the National Register of Companies and checks carried out by certain authorities

Article R123-282

…h the intermediary of the single body mentioned in article R. 123-1 and in accordance with the procedures set out in article R. 123-7, for the purposes of implementing the provisions of article R. 123…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Validation of data in the National Register of Companies and checks carried out by certain authorities

Article R123-284

The validation of information entries and document filings provided for in Article L. 123-48 and the checks provided for in Article L. 123-49 are carried out by the departmental or multi-departmental…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article R131-28

…ancellation under the conditions set out in the second paragraph above, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 131-12 of this Code. It forwards the new declarations of each of these i…

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