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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 16: General conditions for authorisation of gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations

Article R5121-207

…stablishments and organisations authorised to carry out the activities mentioned in Article R. 4211-16 . The application must be accompanied by a file, the content of which is set by order of the Mini…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-8

The appeal provided for in Article 16-2 shall be made by means of a request signed by the judicial police officer and delivered or addressed to the secretary of the commission, who shall issue a recei…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-9

Upon receipt of the request, the secretary of the commission forwards a copy to the public prosecutor at the Cour de cassation and to the public prosecutor who took the decision to suspend or withdraw…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-13

After the presentation of the report by the magistrate in charge, the judicial police officer may call witnesses whose names and addresses must have been given to the secretariat of the commission at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-14

The commission may either annul the decision or confirm it, or convert the withdrawal into a suspension or reduce the duration of the suspension.If the applicant is not present or represented when the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-7

The chairman of the commission provided for in Article 16-2 and his alternate shall be appointed annually by the bureau of the Cour de cassation from among the members of the commission. The secretary…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-10

Within fifteen days of receiving the request, the chairman shall assign the report to one of the members of the commission.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-15

Costs incurred before the commission, including the claimant's travel expenses, are treated in the same way as criminal, correctional and police court costs. They are borne by the State.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-11

The committee shall carry out or have carried out, either by one of its members or by rogatory commission, all useful investigative measures, in particular, if necessary, the hearing of the claimant w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-12

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