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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3513-13

Manufacturers, importers and distributors of nicotine-containing vaping products shall establish and maintain a system for collecting information on any suspected adverse effects of these products on…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-13

…main public bodies carrying out metrology activities, representatives of the Minister for Industry and the Minister for Research and leading figures qualified in metrology, in particular leading scie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Budgets and accounts

Article L4425-13

The president of the Corsican Executive Council presents the administrative account to the Corsican Assembly annually. The president of the Corsican Executive Council may, even if he is no longer in o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks and authorisation

Article R2131-13

…of the organisation or health establishment within which the centre is set up. It is made using a standard application form, the composition of which is set by the Director General of the Agence de la…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-13

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-13

…n allocating the surplus is submitted in support of the budgetary decision to take back the results and the administrative account for the financial year, to justify the receipts.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-13

Any change in the holder of an authorisation to open a pharmaceutical establishment is subject to prior authorisation. However, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament e…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The decisive oath

Article 1385-1

It may only be referred on a fact that is personal to the party to whom it is referred.It may be referred by that party, unless the fact that is the subject of it is purely personal to him.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The conditional obligation

Article 1304-1

The condition must be lawful. Failing this, the obligation is void.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Obtaining documents held by a third party.

Article 139

…tion of the deed or document, in original, copy or extract as the case may be, under the conditions and subject to the guarantees that he shall determine, if necessary under penalty of a fine.

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