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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-5

…511-52, L. 511-53, L. 533-25, L. 533-26, L. 533-27 and the regulatory texts adopted for their application. They shall also ensure that their subsidiaries properly apply the governance provisions set…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Classification of workers

Article R4451-57

…egard to the dose assessed pursuant to 4° of Article R. 4451-53, the employer shall classify as: 1° Category A, any worker likely to receive, over a period of twelve consecutive months: a) An effectiv…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Coordinating doctors

Article R3711-5

…ner wishing to act as coordinating doctor must submit a request to the public prosecutor. This application must be accompanied by the following information and documents: 1° Nature of professional act…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Audioprosthetists.

Article L4361-5

…rised to continue practising the profession of hearing aid acoustician: 1° Persons holding a certificate of technical studies in acoustics applied to hearing aid fittings issued by faculties of medici…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Common provisions

Article L5211-5

…artment or by joint order of the State representatives in the departments concerned in the opposite case : 1° Either, within a period of two months from the first deliberation transmitted, on the init…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-47

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, by a reasoned decision setting out the appeal procedures and deadlines, automatically vary, suspend…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-43

…hich must be mentioned in the risk management system are, in particular, the following: 1° The applicant must complete a trial programme within a period set by the Agency, the results of which will be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-45

The marketing authorisation is renewable on application by the holder to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products no later than nine months before its expiry date. The appli…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-40

In the case of blood-derived medicinal products, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, when examining the application for marketing authorisation, submit samples…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-49

When, on the occasion of the implementation of Article 20(4) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, urgent action is essential to protect human…

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