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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4381-72

…y the company. It is supplemented by a reference to the particulars set out in 1° and 2° of article 72 of decree no. 84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the register of companies. In professional docume…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-138

Where the prohibition provided for in 1° of Article 706-136 is imposed, the civil party may request to be informed by the public prosecutor of the lifting of the hospitalisation to which that person m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publicising and monitoring early access authorisations

Article R5121-73-1

Any measures taken by the holder of the early access authorisation issued for a medicinal product covered by 1° of II of Article L. 5121-12 to disseminate the authorisation, or any information relatin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Therapeutic use protocol and data collection

Article R5121-70-1

As part of the monitoring obligations laid down in the therapeutic use protocol and the data collection obligations for all early access authorisations, the holder of the marketing rights for the medi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-71

…edgement of receipt or by electronic telecommunication.However, where the company's capital exceeds 750,000 euros, the amount of capital to be represented pursuant to the previous paragraph is, depend…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the list of industrial property attorneys

Article R422-7

The share capital of an industrial property consultancy mentioned in Article L. 422-7 (b) may, in accordance with Article L. 423-2 (e), be only 25% owned by an industrial property attorney, provided t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Procedure in the event of an appeal

Article 712-13

An appeal against the judgments referred to in the articles 712-6 and 712-7 is brought before the Enforcement of Sentences Chamber of the Court of Appeal, which rules in a reasoned judgment after an a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-5

By way of derogation from the first paragraph of Article 720-4 of this Code, where the Assize Court has decided, pursuant to Article 421-7 of the Criminal Code, to increase the security period to thir…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R331-7

…mply with these technical and safety rules, which may not be adapted on the basis of article L. 131-7.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Reimbursement by the State.

Article R3423-7

…y be created. This information is intended to enable the control officers mentioned in article L. 8271-7 to ensure the application of the procedure for the restitution of sums wrongly received, as pro…

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