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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Labelling of cosmetic products

Article R5131-4

…1 of Article 19 of the same Regulation and in paragraph II of this Article shall be in French. They may also be drawn up in other languages.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6123-204

Authorisation may only be granted if the holder has: 1° An on-site interventional sector; 2° On-site access, by agreement or, where applicable, as part of the shared medical project of the regional ho…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Transmission of requests, notifications or service by electronic means of telecommunication

Article D591

…e and the national representative organisations of the Bars and Law Societies, the parties' lawyers may transmit the following requests, statements and observations by a secure means of telecommunicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-4

…and destroying them under the same conditions.At the request of the Minister for Health, the Agency may also carry out the same actions for medicinal products, medical devices or their accessories or…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Alpine skiing and related activities.

Article A212-188

The aptitude test to which the prefect or the minister responsible for sport may decide to subject the applicant, in whole or in part, for the activities mentioned in 1° and 2° of article R. 212-91 an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The person responsible

Article R1261-15

…cture is created in accordance with the third paragraph of article R. 1261-11, the person in charge may be appointed from among the staff of the associated institution belonging to one of the bodies o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation of the High Council

Article R821-2

…ganisation of the departments; 4° Signs all acts relating to the competence of the High Council; 5° May compromise under the conditions set out in 9° of Article R. 821-1 and by articles 2044 to 2058 o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 13: Interventional activity under medical imaging in cardiology

Article R6123-133-2

I.- Authorisation to carry out interventional cardiology imaging may only be granted, maintained or renewed if the holder of the authorisation complies, for each authorised geographical site, with a m…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2442-1-1

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 2141-1 is replaced by the following provisions:Art. L. 2141-1 - Medically assisted procreation refers to clinical and biological p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe II

…RTICLE D. 1142-2-1 FOR COMPANIES WITH BETWEEN 50 AND 250 EMPLOYEES 1. Reference period The employer may choose a period of twelve consecutive months as the reference period for calculating the indicat…

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