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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Offences relating to public limited companies with a management board and a supervisory board

Article L242-30

…42-1 to L. 242-24 for chairmen, general managers and directors of public limited companies are applicable, according to their respective attributions, to members of the management board and members of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1245-31

…cells circulating in the European Union. This code is composed of two parts:a) The donation identification sequence defined in 2° ;b) The product identification sequence defined in 3°;2° Donation iden…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1245-32

The single European code is allocated to all tissues, their derivatives and cells or cell therapy preparations used for therapeutic purposes, regardless of their country of origin, prior to their dist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1245-33

…for Health made on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Agence d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for oncology surgery

Article R6123-92-3

Authorisation for cancer treatment by complex oncology surgery with grade B as referred to in II of Article R. 6123-87-1 may only be granted if the applicant has an organisation enabling it to: 1° Org…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3-3

…advantage from the non-commercial exploitation of this work or from commercial exploitation in the case provided for in the last sentence of the last paragraph of article L. 131-3-1.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Common provisions

Article A322-3-3

The certificates referred to in 3° of article A. 322-3-1 of the French Sports Code are as follows: 1° The certificate of passing the "Pass nautique" test referred to in I of article A. 322-3-2 of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Content and transmission of declarations

Article R561-31-3

…eshold set in Article R. 561-31-2 was reached. They include the following information1° The identification details of the persons mentioned in 1° to 1°c of Article L. 561-2 who communicate the informa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation for detention

Article 149-3

Decisions taken by the first president of the court of appeal may, within ten days of notification, be appealed to a national commission for compensation for detentions. This commission, which is atta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A. - Common provisions

Article D142-3

A prisoner who is granted a temporary absence must bear the costs incurred by his stay outside the establishment, in particular the cost of any transport he may be obliged to use. Consequently, no tem…

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