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Showing 18511860 of 60433 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6-1-1986

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline.

Article L4234-6-1

…opment defined in article L. 4021-1 or the certification provided for in article L. 4022-1.The procedures for applying this article are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions required for simple adoption

Article 370-1-6

A child previously adopted by a single person, in the simple or plenary form, may be adopted a second time, by the other member of the couple, in the simple form.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-6-1

…es or in the allocation of new shares to shareholders, the shares that could not be allocated individually and corresponding to fractional rights are sold. The sale of these shares and the distributio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L6211-6-1

The provisions of Title I and Title II of this Book are applicable to medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister for Defence, subject to the provisions of Chapter IV of Title I a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of masseur-physiotherapists

Article R4321-67-1

…ts or establishments, and does not encourage unnecessary recourse to preventive or therapeutic procedures. It does not undermine the dignity of the profession or mislead the public. II. - The masseur-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for early access authorisation

Article R5121-68-1

When the application for early access authorisation concerns a medicinal product composed, in whole or in part, of genetically modified organisms, the holder of the exploitation rights, or his authori…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-6

…nt to be registered on the list mentioned in II of Article L. 822-1 by decision of the Haut conseil du commissariat aux comptes. This exemption is granted if the third-country auditor is approved by a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-1

…conditions set out in article L. 1114-1 ; 5° A doctor proposed by the manufacturers of medicinal products containing benfluorex. Each operator may entrust the task of formulating the proposal on its b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-6

…ticular does not suspend the payment of rent and charges. It also points out that the eviction procedure is resumed in the event of non-payment of rent or service charges, as well as in the event of n…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L3334-6-1

…ents are ranked according to the decreasing value of their synthetic index, in accordance with procedures defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and taking into account the amounts referred to in 1°,…

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