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Showing 481490 of 20783 articles for Art. CE 17-5-1999 n° 188870

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-175

Pharmaceutical establishments, including those managed by public health establishments mentioned in articles R. 5124-68 to R. 5124-73 for their production, hospital preparation and magistral preparati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exemption applicable to establishments comprising a basic nuclear installation.

Article R4523-17

…mproving worker safety and contributing to the prevention of occupational risks linked to interference between the activities, installations and equipment of the different companies present in the sam…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for placing on the market and putting into service.

Article R5211-17

No medical device may be placed on the market or put into service in France unless it complies with the essential health and safety requirements referred to in section 5 of this chapter which apply to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Commencement of duties.

Article R6152-17

For the application of articles R. 6152-15 and R. 6152-16, full-time service is counted in full. Part-time service is counted on a pro rata basis. However, service performed under the conditions set o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for the departure from national territory of human body parts or products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they do not have the authorisation mentioned in Article L. 1243-2

Article R1245-17

…ate of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area must send the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, before they leave national territor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Professional equality between women and men and quality of life and working conditions

Article L2242-17

…l equality between women and men and the quality of life and working conditions cover : 1° The balance between personal and professional life for employees ; 2° The objectives and measures for achievi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article R15-17

The status of judicial police officer is granted by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior to peacekeepers who, pursuant to the article 20 (4° and 5°), have passed a t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-17

…ater defined by the order mentioned in II of article R. 1321-7 are not respected or the water resource is likely to be affected by biological developments; 3° The water in the resource or the water di…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Unavailability, pledges, enforceability

Article A444-17

The services mentioned in article A. 444-16 also give rise to the collection of the initiation fee mentioned in article A. 444-15, with the exception of those listed under the following numbers in Tab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 9: Transfers

Article A743-17

…cle R. 743-140 shall give rise to the collection of the following fees:1° With regard to the diligence of each transmission of a deed, decision or document, by hand delivery against receipt or by secu…

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