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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-49

…isation referred to in article L. 5121-12 or one of the registrations mentioned in Articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14-1 ensure that manufacturing operations are carried out in compliance with the data…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-1

…isition or use of the micro-organisms and toxins on the list drawn up in application of article L. 5139-1 and products containing them is subject to an authorisation issued by the Director General of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138

…order this measure, subject to appeal, under the conditions set out in the article 24 of law n° 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 on the reform of certain judicial and legal professions; the Bar Council sha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article L213-3

…ation or specialised financing bodies; 12. The Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale ; 13. Regional hospital centres, the list of which is set by decree, subject to an overall limit on is…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The National Advisory Commission on Natural Disasters

Article D125-2-1

…civil security and overseas departments and territories from among the representatives mentioned in 13° and a vice-chairman, appointed under the same conditions, from among the serving or honorary mem…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article R1423-55

…the court ; g) Reminders by the First President of the obligations provided for in Article L. 1442-13-1 ; h) Interviews, preliminary hearings and appearances before the Commission nationale de discip…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 13: Alterations.

Article L511-77

If the text of a bill of exchange is altered, signatories subsequent to the alteration are bound by the terms of the altered text; earlier signatories are bound by the terms of the original text.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2a: International assistance with recovery

Article 349 sexies

…ation receiving this information is subject to professional secrecy under the terms of articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Criminal Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L511-82

…ther body exercising equivalent supervisory functions and the persons referred to in Article L. 511-13. For particularly high variable remuneration, the payment of at least 60% of the variable portion…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Dematerialised service

Article R5132-1-22

I.-Information for data subjects is provided in accordance with Articles 13 and 14 of Regulation (EU) No 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of in…

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