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Showing 38213830 of 4648 articles for Art. 16 mars 1960

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-14

…monograph or the revision of the list drawn up by the European Commission in application of Article 16f of Directive 2001/83/EC, a herbal medicinal product which is the subject of a marketing authoris…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Miscellaneous duties and taxes.

Article 285 octies

…(EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Dire…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 289 A

…ating to mutual assistance similar in scope to that provided for by Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 on mutual assistance for the recovery of claims relating to taxes, duties and other me…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.

Article L143-22

When the confiscation of a business is ordered by a criminal court pursuant to the articles 225-16, 225-19 and 225-22 of the criminal code and 706-39 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the State must…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Updates

Article L217-20

…n. When the consumer exercises his right to rescind the contract, the provisions of articles L. 217-16 and L. 217-17 apply. This article does not apply in the case of a grouped offer within the meanin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the administrative authority concerning undertakings subject to the obligation to draw up an employment safeguard plan.

Article L1233-57-3

…compliance, where applicable, with the obligations set out in Articles L. 1233-57-9 to L. 1233-57-16, L. 1233-57-19 and L. 1233-57-20 and compliance by the employment safeguard plan with Articles L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-18

…cal record may not be requested except in the cases provided for in articles L. 1111-15 and L. 1111-16, even with the consent of the person concerned.In particular, access to the shared medical record…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-7

…eceived or to be received from third party payers other than social security funds, Article L. 1142-16 applies. In the case provided for in the first paragraph of this article, the court, at the reque…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-18

…ive formal notice to the owners of invention patents other than those referred to in Article L. 613-16 to begin working them in such a way as to meet the needs of the national economy. If the formal n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-1

…of Article 3(1)(9) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Eur…

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