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Showing 13711380 of 30216 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 9-7-2004 n° 02-16.302

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4331-9

The Prefect of the region designated by order of the Minister for Health will issue the authorisation to practise provided for in article L. 4331-4, after obtaining the opinion of the Commission for O…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4332-9

The Prefect of the region designated by order of the Minister for Health shall issue the authorisation to practise provided for in article L. 4332-4, after obtaining the opinion of the Commission for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to practise the profession who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R4393-9

The Prefect of the region designated by order of the Minister for Health, after consulting the Dental Assistants' Commission, will issue the practice authorisation provided for in article L. 4393-12,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-99

The company called upon to allot the equity securities or securities giving access thereto must take the measures necessary to protect the interests of the holders of the rights thus created if it dec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-9

The performance study does not give rise to any direct or indirect financial compensation for the persons taking part, apart from the reimbursement of expenses incurred and, where applicable, compensa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between supplementary occupational pension funds and institutions for occupational retirement provision established in a Member State of the European Union or in a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L370-9

In the case of a portfolio transfer as referred to in the second paragraph of Article L. 370-6, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution receives the file provided by the institution for o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-7

When the person under investigation, the accused or the defendant is detained, the application for release may also be made by means of a declaration to the head of the penitentiary establishment. Thi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72

I.-At the request of the holder of the exploitation rights, the Haute Autorité de santé may modify any early access authorisation mentioned in article L. 5121-12 or the therapeutic use and data collec…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article R311-9

The mandate of the resolution administrator referred to in I of Article L. 311-29 shall take into account the situation of the person in resolution. It shall specify the powers transferred to the admi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 311-90

The production company has a period of three years from the date of issue of the prior authorisation to obtain the final authorisation.If this period is not respected, the production company is requir…

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