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Showing 39013910 of 59417 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 8-1-1997 n° 9

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-94

Persons engaged in national and international trade are required to draw up an annual summary statement indicating for each psychotropic substance or medicinal product containing it: 1° The quantities…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Centre d'accueil et de soins hospitaliers de Nanterre.

Article R6147-96

…other than those which fall within the remit of the Board of Directors mentioned in article R. 6147-95. The Director is assisted by a seven-member Executive Board, which he chairs and which includes,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R325-8

…n previously granted to the French branch of that undertaking pursuant to Articles L. 321-7 or L. 329-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Objection to the hiring of apprentices

Article R6225-8

The decision to lift the objection, taken in application of article R. 6225-7, is communicated without delay to the organisation responsible for filing the contract and, where applicable, to the missi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article R123-208-8

…tinerant commercial or craft activity without the prior declaration provided for in article L. 123-29 of the French Commercial Code is punishable by the fine provided for 4th class contraventions. Fai…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Abuse of weakness

Article L121-9

It is prohibited to abuse a person's weakness or ignorance in order to obtain commitments:1° Either as a result of canvassing by telephone or fax;2° Or as a result of a personalised solicitation, with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Water made drinkable by conditioned treatment.

Article R1321-92

Water made drinkable by treatment, packaged, held with a view to sale, offered for sale, sold or distributed free of charge, under one of the following sales descriptions: 1° "Water made drinkable by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of situations of long-term exposure resulting from a radiological emergency

Article R1333-93

The reference level for exposure of a person to radioactive substances resulting from a radiological emergency is set at 20 mSv effective dose over the year following the end of the radiological emerg…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for redeployment and retraining measures

Article R5522-90

…ions required to validate a full-rate pension within the meaning of article 10 of decree no. 2003-589 of 1 July 2003 implementing the provisions of Title II (Old Age Insurance) and Chapter I of Title…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-8

The duration of the traineeship is one year. It is reduced to three months for the persons mentioned in article R. 742-3.

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