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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution

Article R4381-12

Approval is refused if the application does not comply with the conditions set out in article R. 4381-10 or if the articles of association do not comply with the legislative and regulatory provisions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-24

The declaration of candidacy is sent to the State representative by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The application may also be received by the State representative in return for a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Steering Committee

Article R5521-6

The Steering Committee is consulted on the guidelines and objectives of the employment policy conducted by the State in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Sa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery of undue benefits and administrative penalties

Article R5426-22

The debtor may lodge an objection by registration with the secretariat of the competent court within whose jurisdiction he is domiciled or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Maximum number of apprentices

Article R6223-8

For a given professional branch, an interministerial order, issued after consultation with the national professional advisory committee competent for the branch in question, may set ceilings for simul…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Issue of the licence and prior declaration

Article R7123-13

Every three years, in the two months preceding the anniversary of the date on which the licence was obtained, the beneficiary of the licence sends the Prefect referred to in article R. * 7123-9, by re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Limitation period.

Article R5132-21

A prescription for medicinal products in lists I and II may not be made for a treatment period of more than twelve months.However, for public health reasons, in the case of certain medicinal products,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-62

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail shall register the homeopathic veterinary medicinal products referred to in Artic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-7

…on (EC) No 2006/2004; 6° Du d du 3, du 8 de l'article 5 et des articles 8,9 et 16 du règlement (UE) n° 260/2012 du Parlement européen et du Conseil, du 14 mars 2012 modifié, établissant des exigences…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 905-2

On pain of the declaration of appeal lapsing, raised ex officio by order of the president of the chamber seised or of the magistrate designated by the first president, the appellant shall have a perio…

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