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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and activities.

Article R5142-1

…ical trials on animals. Manufacturing includes operations relating to the purchase of raw materials and packaging items, production operations, quality control, batch release, as well as the correspon…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Skills and resources

Article D8322-1

…our inspectors working in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin have the same powers as the labour inspectors mentioned in Article L. 8112-1 workin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-1

The participation by a hospital practitioner in an external activity of general interest for the maximum period provided for by article R. 6152-30 is exclusive of the exercise of any self-employed act…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Terms and conditions

Article R6154-10

The public health establishment pays hospital radiologists the share of the technical fee mentioned in article R. 6154-8 on a quarterly basis.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition and operation.

Article R6313-1

In each department, a committee for urgent medical aid, permanent care and medical transport ensures the quality of the distribution of urgent medical aid, the organisation of permanent care and its a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R*322-76

If, as a result of losses recorded in the accounting documents, the net assets fall below half the amount of the formation fund, the Board of Directors or the Management Board is required to call a Ge…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Grant and publication of the patent

Article R612-73-3

The decision of the Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industrielle rejecting the application to amend the patent referred to in Article R. 612-73 may be the subject of the annu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Grant and publication of the patent

Article R612-70-2

Failing an express decision within the period mentioned in Article R. 612-70-1, the application is deemed to be accepted.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Assistance and representation of the parties

Article D1453-2-7

The regional director of companies, competition, consumption, labour and employment informs the employer of the registered employee of the acquisition and withdrawal of the status of trade union repre…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: List of diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article A212-1-1

For each of the options, specialities or terms of each diploma, professional qualification and certificate of qualification listed in Annex II-1 to this code, in the table attached to the order of 22…

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