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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Suspension, prohibition and termination of research.

Article R1123-63

If the competent authority defined in article L. 1123-12 considers that the sponsor, the investigator or any other person involved in the conduct of the research is no longer fulfilling its obligation…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Suspension, prohibition and termination of research.

Article R1123-65

The competent authority shall inform without delay the Committee for the Protection of Individuals and the National Commission for Research Involving the Human Person and, for the research mentioned i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Suspension, prohibition and termination of research.

Article R1123-68

The documents and data relating to the research are kept by the sponsor and the investigator for a period set by order of the Minister for Health issued on a proposal from the Director General of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-6

The Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique is made up of : 1° A member of the Conseil d'Etat appointed by the vice-president of the Conseil d'Etat, chairman; 2° A member of the Cour des…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VII: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS.

Article D1874-1

I. - The articles R. 1617-1 to R. 1617-18, the articles D. 1617-19 to D. 1617-21, R. 1617-22, as it read prior to Decree no. 2018-967 of 8 November 2018, and D. 1617-23 shall apply to the communes of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-6

The College meets when convened by its Chairman, who sets the agenda. It may only deliberate if at least half of the members in office are present, excluding the Chairman. If this is not the case, a n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the islands of Wallis and Futuna

Article D603

…present code (simple decrees) is applicable in New Caledonia, in its wording resulting from decree n° 2023-829 of 29 August 2023, subject to the adaptations provided for in the present title.II.-The…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-6

For decisions to grant aid for the production of genre films that lapse between 1 August 2020 and 31 August 2021, the period referred to in Article 211-129 is extended by one year.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Applications to suspend enforcement of the sentence

Article 625

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-6

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-…

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