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Showing 261270 of 38458 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 8-4-2010 n° 08-70.338

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products reserved for hospital use

Article R5121-83

Classification in the category of medicinal products reserved for hospital use has the following effects: 1° Prescription of the medicinal product is reserved : a) To a doctor, dental surgeon or midwi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Medicinal products reserved for hospital use

Article R5121-82

Classification in the category of medicinal products reserved for hospital use may only take place if the restrictions on prescribing, dispensing and administration of the medicinal product are justif…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 8: External company employee representative on the health, safety and working conditions committee

Article L2412-8

Termination of the fixed-term employment contract of a staff representative of an external company, appointed to the health, safety and working conditions committee of an establishment comprising at l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Exemptions

Article 845

…or manual workers provided for in the second paragraph of III of Article 80, as amended, of the loi n° 76-1232 du 29 décembre 1976. 3° Deeds for special construction loans designated in Article L. 312…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Single section: Shareholdings in commercial companies other than those referred to in 8° of Article L. 4211-1

Article R4211-8

The Regional Council decides on any sale of shares in a commercial company that it holds in the light of a report drawn up, at the time of the sale, by one or more experts chosen from persons offering…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Disciplinary powers, relations with statutory auditors and cooperation

Article R782-8

…of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-35 and R. 612-36n° 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-37No. 2015-513 of 7 May 2015R. 612-38n° 2013-978 of 30 October 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Disciplinary powers, relations with statutory auditors and cooperation

Article R783-8

…of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-35 and R. 612-36n° 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-37No. 2015-513 of 7 May 2015R. 612-38n° 2013-978 of 30 October 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers

Article L784-8

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers

Article L783-8

…right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 621-6 law n° 2003-706 of 1st August 2003 L. 621-7 with the exception of 4° of its IV Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 Oc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Non-competition arrangements in the event of temporary or permanent departure

Article R6152-829

When the director of the establishment in which the practitioner was principally practising finds that the prohibition mentioned in I of article L. 6152-5-1 has not been complied with, a summons is se…

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