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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-5

…le to benfluorex, the College of Experts will issue an opinion on the circumstances, causes, nature and extent of the damage and on the liability of the person(s) marketing the medicinal product and,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-5

…violation, with all the resulting consequences, including the withdrawal of medals, points, prizes and winnings. II. - The decision of the Sanctioning Committee or the agreement validated by the Coll…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D333-5-5

…of which classification was granted. An order by the Minister for Tourism specifies the conditions and procedures for amending or revoking a classification decision and, in particular, the conditions…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Access to documents.

Article L8113-5-2

For the purposes of investigating and establishing the offences constituting illegal employment referred to in Article L. 8211-1, the inspection officers defined by regulation shall have a right of co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-2-5

…d of the hearing or under the conditions provided for in article D. 48-2-4 refers to the conviction and the warrant issued by the criminal court or the assize court, and includes the information menti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…of the court that rendered the decision, approved the agreement or endorsed the future protection mandate:1° Applications for the certification of French enforceable titles with a view to their recog…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Payment with subrogation

Article 1346-5

The debtor may invoke subrogation as soon as he is aware of it, but it may not be set up against him unless he has been notified of it or has taken note of it.Subrogation may be set up against third p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-5

The time limits relating to the length of pre-trial detention provided for in articles 145-1 to 145-3 are no longer applicable once the investigating judge has issued his order for referral to the tri…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IX: Parental authority

Article 1180-5

Where, when ruling on rights of access and accommodation, either provisionally or on the merits, the judge decides that the right of access or the delivery of the child will be exercised in a meeting…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2-5

…e chairman of the grouping's unified medical commission is vice-chairman of the strategic committee and vice-chairman of the executive boards of the establishments belonging to the grouping.II.-The ch…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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