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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the Order.

Article L4232-8

The central managing board of section C comprises fifteen members appointed or elected for six years: 1° A professor or senior lecturer in pharmacy training and research units, a pharmacist in active…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R327-1

A collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 212-3-3 if it: 1° Provides proof, through the composition of its deliberative and governing bodie…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article R452-2

Failure to inform the competent administrative authorities of actions taken in application of: 1° the first paragraph of article L. 423-3; 2° Paragraph 3 of Article 19 and paragraph 3 of Article 20 of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: National Accreditation Commission.

Article R1114-5

The National Accreditation Commission, set up by Article L. 1114-1, is composed as follows: 1° Four ex officio members: a) The Director General of Health or his representative ; b) The Director Genera…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervisory Board

Article R6147-102

The Supervisory Board of the Établissement Public de Santé Territoriale de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is made up of the following fifteen members: 1° Representatives of local and regional authorities: a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R6414-1

The composition of the supervisory board of the public health establishments in Mayotte is as follows:1° As representatives of the local authorities:a) The mayor of the municipality in which the estab…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R445-3

…term" are replaced by the words: "for a term of less than twelve months" and the words: "or in the cases provided for in Articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2 of the Labour Code" are deleted; c) In 10°, t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-25

An owner or principal tenant who, at the same time as being the lessor of the premises, is the vendor of the business operated there and who has received the full price may refuse renewal only on cond…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-15

If the sums due to rights holders cannot be distributed within three years of the end of the financial year in which the income from the exploitation of the rights was received, and provided that the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-19

A decree in the Council of State shall set: 1° The conditions for application of the measures provided for in Articles L. 521-14 to L. 521-17-3; 2° The conditions under which the destruction of goods…

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