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Showing 48114820 of 27949 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 12-DCC-83 du 13 Jun 2012

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-24

…ustice and the Minister of the Economy shall specify the information that must be included in the injunctions, notices and other documents provided for in this sub-section. The provisions of this para…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L771-5

…ame table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 751-2 to L. 751-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 751-5Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2018-1125 du 12 décembre 2018 p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to public employers

Article L1251-61

…all public employees. They benefit from the protection provided by article 11 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants.They may not be entrusted with duties t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : The Regional Economic and Social Council

Article D4134-32

To set the maximum time of absence to which are entitled, pursuant to Article L. 4134-7-1, elected representatives who are civil servants governed by titles II, III or IV of the general civil service…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of post-authorisation safety studies

Article R5121-178-1

…to Articles R. 5121-36-1 and R. 5121-37-3. The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may require the holder of the authorisation provided for in A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional pharmacovigilance centres

Article R5121-158

The regional pharmacovigilance centres carry out vigilance missions relating to health products under the conditions defined in article R. 1413-61-4.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of post-authorisation safety studies

Article R5121-178-2

…omply with an obligation imposed pursuant to articles R. 5121-36-1 and R. 5121-37-3. II - Before conducting a study, the holder of the authorisation provided for in Article L. 5121-8 submits a draft p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of post-authorisation safety studies

Article R5121-178

…which these studies are carried out must under no circumstances promote the use of the medicinal product.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Special provisions

Article L1525-1

…November and 28 December 1926 and created prior to 8 July 1983, the date of publication of the loi n° 83-597 du 7 juillet 1983 relative aux sociétés d'économie mixte locales, provided they do not cha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Healthcare professionals and patients

Article R5121-161

…geon, midwife, pharmacist or nurse shall immediately report any adverse reaction suspected of being due to a medicinal product or to a product mentioned in article R. 5121-150 of which he is aware to…

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