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Showing 14611470 of 19581 articles for Art. 21 mars 2001 + Cass. 3e civ.

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-4

…ion, the prescription of one of the medicinal products mentioned in 6°, 14° and 15° of Article L. 5121-1, in Article L. 5121-3, and points a and d of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 139…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Harvesting

Article 407

…icultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79, (EC) No 1037/2001 and (EC) No 1234/2007 are compulsory and subscribed to the competent authority by the persons a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55-1

…ent and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC. II. The amount of the fee provided for in 1° of 1 of I of Article L. 5141-8 is set at €5…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Additional regional tax on tourist tax

Article L4332-4

…public establishments for inter-communal cooperation mentioned in 1° to 3° of the I of Article L. 5211-21.This additional tax is established and collected according to the same procedures as the tax…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Family reunification

Article L561-2

Unless their presence constitutes a threat to public order, foreign nationals who have been recognised as refugees or who have been granted subsidiary protection may apply to benefit from their right…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-4

A practitioner meeting the criteria mentioned in articles R. 2142-10 and R. 2142-11 practising within the centre mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 2141-3 will enquire about the personal a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-4

…to standards of good manufacturing practice at least equivalent to those laid down in article L. 5121-5 when they are imported : a) From a State that is not a member of the European Community and not…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-32

…een the parties resulting from the conciliation proposal in the case provided for in Article L. 615-21 is made enforceable by decision of the President of the Tribunal de Grande Instance within whose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Compensation for victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis C virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R1221-78

…ompensation for loss and injury previously awarded in application of Articles L. 1142-15 to L. 1142-21 and L. 3122-1 to L. 3122-6.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inspection of permanent electrical installations

Article R4226-18

…cable, the frequency of the inspections provided for in articles R. 4226-14, R. 4226-16 and R. 4226-21, as well as the content of the corresponding inspection reports, are laid down by order of the mi…

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