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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Waste from infectious risk healthcare activities and similar waste

Article R1337-18

…ions set out in article 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences set out in article R. 1337-18 shall be liable, in addition to a fine in accordance with the procedures set out in article 131-4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-15

Withdrawal of the approval provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 5122-9 is decided by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé after…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-151

Requests submitted to registrars may relate to: 1° Individual files or a group of files; in the second case, they correspond to the search criteria defined by the order provided for in Article R. 123-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Municipal police

Article L2573-18

…s provided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM L. 2212-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2212-2 law no. 2014-1545 of 20 December 2014 L. 2212-2-1 law no. 2019-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Cost recovery

Article R4314-15

…y be charged to the economic operator in question on the basis of the third paragraph of Article L. 4314-1 include the costs of acquisition, packaging, transport, documentary checks, testing, analysis…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: General provisions

Article 1509

…e of crop and property, in accordance with the rules laid down by the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908.II. - For the purpose of calculating the rental value, nurseries operated on undevelop…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-18

…emand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the transmission of information on the number of acts of downloading, consultation,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Information.

Article L4132-18

…er the conditions set out in the first paragraph. Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 4132-17, in urgent cases, the time limit provided for in the first paragraph may be shortened by the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Complaints

Article L4163-18

…he effectiveness or extent of his exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in article L. 4163-1, the employee may only submit a claim to the management body relating to the opening of the p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-18

…the safeguard or receivership proceedings, a fee determined by an order made pursuant to Article L. 444-3. If he is subsequently appointed as liquidator, he may not, as such, claim this remuneration.…

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