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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 6: Decision by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons

Article R531-18

Notification of the decision by the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall mention:1° The arrangements for accessing the sound recording of the personal interview pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance rules

Article R513-18

If the association is also authorised underArticle L. 519-13 of the Monetary and Financial Code or III of Article L. 541-4 of the same code, it may be set up according to a federal model separating ea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Appointment.

Article R742-18

Commercial court clerks may be appointed by order of the Garde des Sceaux, Minister of Justice:1° Persons registered on the aptitude list provided for in Article R. 742-16 ;2° Persons who, having pass…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-188

In the establishments referred to in Article R. 5121-187, the person administering the blood-derived medicinal product to the patient completes the dispensing and administration slip with the followin…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional advertising

Article R2131-18

The purchaser may publish an additional advertisement on a medium other than that chosen as the main medium. The additional advertisement may include only some of the information contained in the cont…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-18

For the use of vehicles belonging to the State or made available to it, not covered by an insurance contract and not specially registered, a certificate of ownership is issued by the competent adminis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Assets and resources

Article R2135-18

The resources collected by the joint fund management association are either kept in cash, deposited on demand or invested on a short-term basis. Interest earned on sums deposited or invested in short-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Mechanical vibration.

Article R4722-18

The labour inspector may ask the employer to have exposure to mechanical vibration measured by an accredited body, in order to ensure compliance with the obligations relating to the prevention of the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Joint ventures.

Article 1872-1

Each partner contracts in his own name and is solely liable to third parties. However, if the participants act in their capacity as partners in the sight and knowledge of third parties, each of them i…

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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 L1126-18

I.-The Data Protection Committee will give its opinion on the conditions for the validity of the performance study, in particular with regard to : the protection of individuals, in particular the prot…

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