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Showing 58615870 of 7942 articles for Art. CE 28-12-2012 n° 347252

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal and termination of compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74-8

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend or withdraw a compassionate access authorisation if the conditions laid down in I, II and V…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a: Deduction of certain social security contributions and group insurance premiums

Article 154 bis

…s from non-commercial occupations, contributions to compulsory basic or supplementary family allowance and old age insurance schemes, including contributions paid in exercise of the buy-back options p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title X: Legal costs

Article A43-5-1

…mnity per assignment (expressed in units of value) Amount natural persons Amount associations To proceed with the reminder of the obligations resulting from the law in application of 1° of article 41-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-25-2

…ns mentioned in Title II of Book III of this Part, the professional organisations representing producers and, where applicable, the organisations representing other sectors of activity set out the met…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial organisation

Article L114-13

The acts of the sports resources, expertise and performance centres relating to the budget and its modifications are prepared, adopted and become enforceable under the conditions defined in articles &…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-59

…d employment of contract staff; 8° The rates for fees payable to the establishment and for the services it provides, in particular the organisation of the aptitude tests referred to in articles R. 212…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 2: Apprehension on court order

Article R222-16

Once the order has become enforceable, the procedure set out in articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Poisonous substances.

Article L5432-1

…supply, transfer, prescription, delivery, acquisition and use of medicinal products, plants, substances or preparations classified as poisonous;2° Prohibiting transactions relating to these plants or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorising and operating public health establishments and medical biology analysis laboratories

Article R2131-7

…before taking the opinion of the specialised commission of the Regional Health and Autonomy Conference competent for the health sector, the Regional Health Agency shall, by virtue of 12° of Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3115-15-1

I. - The military ports mentioned in article R. 3223-61 of the French Defence Code and the military airfields on a list drawn up by order of the Minister for Defence are points of entry subject to the…

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