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Showing 51615170 of 8742 articles for Art. 9 mars 1994

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-137

When a medicinal product is the subject of a marketing authorisation granted by the European Union pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 200…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R5141-47-1

In order to obtain a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product which is not covered by the marketing authorisation procedure issued by the European Commission pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation

Article L722-13

…of infringing a geographical indication are detained after a request referred to in Article L. 722-9 has been accepted, goods suspected of infringing a geographical indication may be destroyed under…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-15

Natural persons guilty of the offences punishable under articles L. 451-9 to L. 451-14 also incur as additional penalties the prohibition, in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 131-27 o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-8

…o later than fifteen days after the deadline set for its adoption by articles L. 1612-2 and L. 1612-9 Failing this, the provisions of article L. 1612-2 shall apply.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Incapacity resulting from a non-occupational illness or accident.

Article L1226-4-3

…the amount of which may not be less than that of the compensation provided for in article L. 1234-9. This termination indemnity is paid in the same way as the precariousness indemnity provided for i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for works in the animation genre

Article D331-47

…udiovisual works belonging to the animation genre that score at least 36 points, including at least 9 points for the "Dramatic Content" group, are deemed to meet the condition set out in b of 1 of II…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-10

…before the date of entry into force of the order mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 4393-9.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Offences relating to securities issued by joint stock companies

Article L245-15

The offences provided for in articles L. 245-9, and articles L. 245-12 and L. 245-13 are punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €18,000 when committed fraudulently with a view to deprivi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Accreditation

Article L6224-4

The alert provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 6221-9 is sent to the Minister for Defence for the laboratories under his authority. This minister immediately informs the regional health a…

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