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Showing 231240 of 28855 articles for Art. 31 May 2005

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operation.

Article R6152-314

…presence of the practitioner concerned and, where applicable, the defence counsel assisting him. He may provide any additional observations.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 7: Loans denominated in a currency other than the euro

Article R313-31

The loan offer may only be made to borrowers who bear the exchange rate risk and who have declared on their honour that they receive more than half of their annual income in the currency of the loan o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Conditions for authorisation

Article R1261-31

…be brought to the attention of the establishment's supervisory ministers without delay. The latter may request any additional information in order to ensure that the modification in question does not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Limitation period and order

Article R5132-31

Doctors, dental surgeons, midwives and veterinary surgeons may only have medicines classified as narcotics issued and held for their professional use up to the limit of a provision for urgent care. Th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-31

…e zones defined in 2° of I of Article L. 1434-3, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may, after obtaining the opinion of the specialised commission of the Regional Conference on Health…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-31

…regard to a resource already used for the production of water intended for human consumption, which may lead to slight temporary breaches of quality limits. II - The granting of a derogation by the Pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-318

…icial tears of the perineum; d) Artificial delivery and uterine revision; if necessary, the midwife may request anaesthesia from the intensive care anaesthetist; e) Resuscitation of the newborn while…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article L311-31

…collège de résolution shall carry out the automatic transfer provided for in 4° of I of Article L. 311-30 under the conditions set out in the first, second and third paragraphs of I of Article L. 612…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-31

The Public Prosecutor may postpone the execution of a confiscation order in the following cases: 1° Where the confiscation order relates to a sum of money and the amount recovered is likely to exceed…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-21

…312-6 or artistic training. The following diplomas are considered as artisti…

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