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Showing 28712880 of 57098 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 23-1-2013 n° 11-20.313

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quality control

Article D6221-23

I.-The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) determines an annual program…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties.

Article R325-23

The Prefect may, at any time, carry out the necessary checks to verify that the conditions required for approval are still being met. If this is not the case, the Prefect may issue a warning or order…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-23

When placed on the market and up to the final purchaser stage, football, handball and hockey goalposts and basketball goals are accompanied by instructions for use specifying their assembly, installat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7222-23

After the election of its President and Vice-Presidents, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 7223-2, the Assembly of Martinique may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Terms and conditions of office

Article L7125-23

When the President of the Assembly of French Guyana and the Vice-Presidents delegated by him use the universal employment-service cheque provided for in Article L. 1271-1 of the Labour Code to ensure…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions (R)

Article D2223-55-11

For each examination session, the training organisations will set up a panel of four people from the list for the department in which the theory tests are held. Each panel may include a maximum of one…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-23-3

I.-During the opposition proceedings, the proprietor of the contested patent may amend the claims of that patent provided that: 1° the amendments made meet one of the grounds for opposition mentioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-23

Before 30 April each year, the authorised issuer of the special payment voucher referred to in B of Article L. 1271-1 sends the Minister responsible for personal services and the Banque de France, by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms

Article R613-23

Notwithstanding the provisions of articles R. 814-27 and R. 814-28 of the French Commercial Code, the remuneration of the judicial administrator, the judicial representative and the liquidator of a cr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIb: Medical regulation assistants

Article L4393-23

A medical regulation assistant who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and who is established and legally pra…

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