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Showing 23112320 of 29661 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 11-DCC-150 du 10 Oct 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Establishments, services or organisations without an in-house pharmacy

Article R5126-108

…a specific person, the establishments, services or organisations mentioned in I of article L. 5126-10 may hold certain medicines, products or objects mentioned in article L. 4211-1 and sterile medica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Veterinary pharmacovigilance centres.

Article R5141-102

…sted to them by the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, are the subject of agreements between the Director General of the Agence nationale de sé…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Actions against the Office.

Article R3122-10

Notwithstanding the provisions of Title VI of Book II of the Code of Civil Procedure, actions brought before the Paris Court of Appeal against the Office are initiated, investigated and judged in acco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R712-11-3

The joint national commission set up pursuant to the article 2 of law no. 52-1311 of 10 December 1952 relating to the compulsory establishment of a statute for the administrative staff of the chambers…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-10

The provisions of articles 21-7 to 21-9 do not apply to children born in France to diplomatic agents and career consuls of foreign nationality. However, these children have the option of voluntarily a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting the payment deadline

Article R2192-10

The payment period provided for in Article L. 2192-10 is set at thirty days for contracting authorities, including when they are acting as a contracting entity.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-10

…holding the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1245-7 inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of their decision to cease all or part of their import activi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting payment periods

Article R3133-10

The payment period provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 3133-10 is set at thirty days for contracting authorities, including when they are acting as a contracting entity.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The impact of multiple managers and transactions

Article L481-10

…contractors where: 1° Its market share on the relevant market is less than 5% throughout the period during which the anti-competitive practice was committed; 2° Application of Article L. 481-9 would i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Publicising animal health decisions

Article R5145-10

…the website of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail.

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