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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Accreditation and quality control

Article L6221-4

A medical biology laboratory established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area may carry out the analytical phase of a medical biology e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Operation

Article R1212-4

The Advisory Committee on the Assessment of Charges is convened by the chairman of its plenary session, who sets the agenda and sends it to the interested members of the committee at least ten days be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article R612-43

The Committee secretariat shall immediately notify the member concerned of the request for recusal and inform the Committee Chairman. No later than the day before the meeting provided for in Article R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Kindergartens

Article R2324-47

I.-The kindergartens mentioned in 2° of article R. 2324-17 take in children aged eighteen months and over with a view to promoting their socialisation and development and facilitating the transition t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-48

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may prohibit the prescription and supply of a proprietary medicinal product and withdraw it from the mar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other pharmacovigilance obligations.

Article R5141-110

The poison control centres referred to in article L. 6141-4 and the regional pharmacovigilance centres referred to in article R. 5121-167 shall transmit, without delay, to the Agence nationale de sécu…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-4

The Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle shall take the decisions provided for in this code when issuing, rejecting or maintaining industrial property titles, as well…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-3

The penal composition procedure is also applicable to contraventions. The duration of the deprivation of the driving licence or hunting licence may not exceed three months, the duration of unpaid work…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 388-4

In the event of prosecution by summons provided for in Article 390 or summons provided for in article 390-1, the parties' lawyers may consult the case file at the registry of the judicial court as soo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-1

The public prosecutor who chooses the simplified procedure communicates the prosecution file and his or her submissions to the president of the court. The president rules without prior discussion by m…

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