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Showing 54315440 of 43719 articles for Art. 2 oct. 1979

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1211-29

…and their derivatives used for therapeutic purposes as well as medical devices incorporating them; 2° Activities relating to these elements, products or derivatives as implemented by the persons ment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-25

…tions are distributed under the responsibility of the responsible person referred to in Article R. 1243-12 or, where applicable, the person responsible for the activities referred to in Article R. 124…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R1323-2

The food vigilance provided for in Article R. 1323-1 includes : 1° The reporting of adverse reactions by health professionals to the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'envi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conseil départemental de l'environnement et des risques sanitaires et technologiques.

Article R1416-2

…nment departments; 1° bis The Director General of the Regional Health Agency or his representative; 2° Five representatives of local authorities;3° Nine people, equally divided between representatives…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Fees charged by judicial auctioneers

Article A444-2

…f a proportional fee:1° In the event of judicial liquidation: to the realisation value of each item;2° In all other cases, including in the event of judicial reorganisation: to the average between the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits and administrative penalties

Article R5426-20

The constraint provided for in Article L. 5426-8-2 is issued after the debtor has been given formal notice to repay the allowance, assistance or any other undue benefit referred to in Article L. 5426-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and renewal

Article R7111-2

…t application to the Professional Journalists' Identity Card Commission, as provided for in Section 2, applicants must provide: 1° Proof of identity and nationality; 2° A curriculum vitae certified on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-201

The surgical care activity mentioned in 2° of article R. 6122-25 consists of the diagnostic or therapeutic management of patients requiring or likely to require an invasive or minimally invasive inter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint local committees.

Article L2234-2

…ude agreements of local interest, particularly in the areas of employment and continuing education; 2° Examine individual and collective complaints; 3° Examine any other question relating to the emplo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions common to the various councils.

Article L4125-2

…ordre are incompatible with : 1° any of the corresponding functions of a professional association ; 2° Any of these functions in another council. For the order of midwives, these incompatibilities con…

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