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Showing 12811290 of 25879 articles for Art. CE 7-5-1986 n° 39426

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: General provisions

Article L123-56

…rs of trade governed by articles 103 et seq. of the local professional code of 26 July 1900 for Alsace and Moselle. For the application of this section in the departments and regions of Guadeloupe and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: General provisions

Article L123-57

The detailed rules for the application of this section shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: General provisions

Article L123-55

…fore the court with jurisdiction to hear such disputes. The decision of the competent court is enforceable by operation of law against the keeper of the national register of companies.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ongoing evaluation of the criteria for granting early access authorisation and transmission of new data

Article R5121-71-1

The holder of the marketing rights for the medicinal product which is the subject of the early access authorisation or, where applicable, his authorised representative, shall immediately forward to th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer research

Article R6123-91-7

The authorisation holder is recognised as a hospital cancer molecular genetics platform by the Institut National du Cancer in application of article L. 1415-2 or has a cooperative organisation with ot…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Special provisions for external radiotherapy and brachytherapy

Article R6123-93-7

…otwithstanding the provisions of article R. 6123-88-1, palliative treatments for children and adolescents under the age of eighteen may be provided in external radiotherapy centres with an A or B rati…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-708-1

…ll time may carry out the expert assessments mentioned in II of article L. 6152-4 during their service obligations up to a limit of two half-days per week, this period being calculated on average over…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Prohibitions

Article L511-7

…ts nature, from : 1. In the course of its business, grant its contractors payment deadlines or advances; 2. Enter into contracts for the lease of residential property with an option to purchase; 3. Ca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-7

…d L. 5132-7 shall apply to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law No. 2020-1525 of 7 December 2020 on the acceleration and simplification of public action. Article L. 5134-1 is applicable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Dispensing on the basis of a prescription in non-proprietary names.

Article R5125-55

Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles R. 5132-4 and R. 5132-29, a prescription expressed as a non-proprietary name pursuant to Article L. 5125-23 and as defined in Article R. 5121-1 must inc…

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