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Showing 17411750 of 61085 articles for Art. 1873-5 and 1873-8

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5221-8

…to the provisions of Article R. 5221-9, in vitro diagnostic medical devices which comply with the standards relating to them and transposing the harmonised European standards, the references of which…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority

Article L483-8

…losed by a decision adopted by the Autorité de la concurrence on the basis of I of article L. 464-2 and articles L. 462-8, L. 464-3, L. 464-6 or L. 464-6-1, by the Minister for the Economy on the basi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1232-8

…icer has the following responsibilities: 1° He prepares the deliberations of the Board of Directors and ensures that they are carried out or has them carried out; 3° He is the authorising officer for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific arrangements for enhanced individual monitoring

Article R4451-83

…° Where applicable, the exposures that led to the limit values set in articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8 being exceeded, as well as the dose received during these exposures; 4° The results of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Research on the human embryo, human embryonic stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells

Article L2163-8

…referred to in Article L. 2151-8 of the Public Health Code is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 Euros.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION OF THE SECOND AND THIRD SUBPARAGRAMS OF ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION TO THE TERRITORIAL AUTHORITIES OF GUYANA AND MARTINIQUE

Article LO7311-8

…te.The deliberations provided for in the first paragraph shall be transmitted to the Prime Minister and to the representative of the State in the collectivity.They shall be published in the Journal Of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 quinquies

Daily allowances paid by or on behalf of social security and mutualité sociale agricole bodies are subject to income tax in accordance with the rules applicable to salaries and wages, with the excepti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Medical monitoring of employees of the intermediary association.

Article R5132-26-8

Visits carried out in application of sub-sections 1 and 2 of section 2 of Chapter IV of Title II of Book VI of Part Four of this Code may be carried out for several jobs, up to a maximum of three.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-51-1

…ntees by the claimant, these must be provided before the seizure is carried out. On pain of nullity and damages against the bailiff, the latter must, before proceeding with the seizure, give copies to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-53-1

The president of the judicial court may order, in the light of the seizure report, any measure to complete the proof of the alleged acts of infringement.

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