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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-3

…n of advertising ;2° Order the inclusion in the advertisement of warnings and precautions for use necessary to inform the user or the distribution of a correction;3° Withdraw authorisation to advertis…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Statistical declarations for the compilation of France's balance of payments and international investment position.

Article R152-3

The Banque de France must be provided with additional information for statistical purposes, in accordance with the conditions and deadlines set by order of the Minister for the Economy, when the amoun…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting and financial rules

Article R514-34

…by it ;2° Profits and bonuses acquired under the conditions set out in article L. 514-4, with the exception of sums that the Guidance and Supervisory Board decides to allocate to social welfare organi…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R2123-3

The term of office of the full and alternate members of the committee is three years. They are renewable. In the case of the members mentioned in 3° of article R. 2123-2, the term of office ends when…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Services made available.

Article R4422-34

…of Corsica and the President of the Executive Council which determines: 1° The tasks that the services mentioned in article R. 4422-33 carry out on behalf of the territorial collectivity; 2° The proc…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Joint preliminary inspection.

Article R4512-3

…vehicles and machinery of all kinds belonging to the outside undertakings may use; 4° Defines the access routes for these workers to the premises and installations used by the outside undertakings as…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Pharmacists and veterinary assistants in veterinary pharmaceutical establishments.

Article R5142-38

…tions set out in Article R. 5142-40: 1° One assistant pharmacist or veterinary surgeon for a workforce of between 20 and 35 people ; 2° A second assistant pharmacist or veterinarian for a workforce of…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Board of Directors.

Article R5322-3

The Chairman of the Board of Directors is appointed for a term of three years, renewable once. The age limit for the Chairman is sixty-seven. The duties of Chairman of the Board of Directors are incom…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-36

…fer on an exclusive basis to the employer of the exploitation rights to the journalist's works produced within the framework of this title, whether or not they are published.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Role of blood transfusion establishments.

Article R1221-37

At the request of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, the blood establishment shall collect and keep all the information necessary for haemovigilance and transfusi…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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