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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Doctors authorised to dispense medicinal products.

Article R4211-14

If the Director General of the Regional Health Agency does not respond to the doctor's request for the authorisation provided for in article L. 4211-3, this will be deemed to constitute tacit authoris…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Cessation of registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article R5411-18

The person concerned is notified of the reasoned decision by the regional director of Pôle emploi to cease registration on the jobseekers' list or to change category. Any person wishing to contest the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Cessation of registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article R5411-17

A jobseeker ceases to be registered on the list of jobseekers or is transferred to the category corresponding to his new situation: 1° Either fails to comply with the obligation to periodically renew…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation of the Gustave Roussy Institute

Article D6162-13

The Director General of the Institut Gustave Roussy is assisted by a Deputy Director General. His duties are defined by order of the Minister of Health.The Deputy Director General is appointed for a r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Operation of the Gustave Roussy Institute

Article D6162-14

The Director General of the Gustave Roussy Institute is assisted by a Director of Research. His duties are defined by order of the Ministers of Health and Research.The Director of Research is appointe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-1-1

The thresholds of six months' or one year's imprisonment provided for in terms of sentence adjustment by the third paragraph of Article 132-19 and Article 132-25 of the Criminal Code, as well as by 1°…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of the law applicable to the matrimonial property regime made during the marriage

Article 1303-1

Where the marriage record is kept by a French authority, that authority shall mention in the margin of that record, at the request of the spouses or of one of them, the record designating the law appl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Law applicable to cross-border contracts

Article L253-1

…table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THE WAY THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 232-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-1

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 10: Special provisions for forestry investment groups

Article R214-176-1

I. - At the end of a period of three years from the formation by public offering of the investment forestry groupings mentioned in II of article L. 331-4-1 of the French Forestry Code, or from the fir…

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