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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-10

Health professionals, in application of the first paragraph of II of Article L. 5131-5: 1° Must report without delay to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé any seri…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals receiving a pension for an accident at work or occupational disease

Article L426-5

…miliale" ("private and family life") for a period of one year. The condition set out in article L. 412-1 does not apply..

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Compliance by sports federations with their obligations

Article R232-41-12-5

…ith their anti-doping obligations, the Agence française de lutte contre le dopage is empowered to : 1° Question the approved federations, under conditions that it defines, about the resources implemen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Group crèches

Article R2324-46-1

For the implementation of the provisions contained in articles R. 2324-34 and R. 2324-35, the collective crèches mentioned in 1° of II of article R. 2324-17 form their teams in such a way as to comply…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-5

Revocation on the grounds of the disappearance of a serious and legitimate interest does not give rise to the reimbursement by the agent of all or part of the sums received by way of remuneration, unl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article L442-1

…ainst agricultural risks and to compensation for damage that may be compensated under Articles L. 361-4-1 and L. 361-5 of the same code and for economic losses linked to the outbreak of an animal or p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to certain contraventions

Article 529

For the contraventions listed by decree in the Council of State, public action is extinguished by the payment of a fixed fine, which is exclusive of the application of the rules on repeat offences.How…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Shareholder rights and securities not admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility

Article R233-5

…le under the conditions set out in articles…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° : Industrial and commercial profits

Article 302 septies A ter

…tion concerning their first financial year or their first period of activity referred to in article 53 A or 1 of article 223 (1). This period also applies to new businesses wishing to be taxed under t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5121-51

…ommission pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, in more than one Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on t…

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