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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Certificate of compliance with good practice and Community database.

Article R5138-3

The certificate of compliance with good manufacturing practice referred to in article L. 5138-4 is issued following an inspection of the establishment if the good practices provided for in article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules governing the authorisation of private establishments to provide the public hospital service

Article R6112-3

The amendment to the multiannual contract of objectives and resources referred to in Article L. 6112-3 is concluded between the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and the establishment wit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures.

Article R5211-33

For the purposes of placing active implantable medical devices on the market, with the exception of those undergoing clinical investigations and custom-made devices, the manufacturer shall follow the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disciplinary procedure

Article L612-38

One of the formations of the supervisory board or the resolution board shall examine the conclusions drawn by the departments of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in the course of i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General conditions

Article R2142-3

An economic operator may have recourse to the capacities of other economic operators, whatever the legal nature of the links which bind it to these operators. The purchaser may require the economic op…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROCEDURE BEFORE THE FRENCH OFFICE FOR THE PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND APATRIDS

Article L531-30

The accelerated procedure may only be implemented in respect of unaccompanied minors in the cases provided for in Article L. 531-24 or if the applicant's presence in France constitutes a serious threa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Group action

Article R623-3

In addition to the information prescribed in articles 56 and 752 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the summons shall expressly set out, on pain of nullity, the individual cases presented by the associat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: MEASURES APPLICABLE TO FOREIGNERS ASSIGNED TO RESIDENCE

Article R733-3

When the administrative authority requires the foreign national to surrender his or her passport or any identity or travel document in his or her possession, pursuant to article L. 733-4, it shall iss…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R54-3

The Board of Directors regulates the business of the institution through its deliberations. It deliberates in particular on:

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Redistribution and inter-professional fund for access to law and justice

Article R444-39

The Comité consultatif des aides à l'accès au droit et à la justice comprises eight members:1° Two university professors, respectively agrégé de droit and agrégé de sciences économiques, co-chairs of…

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