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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval of directors of training institutes or schools.

Article R4383-5

…y be withdrawn after formal notice and by reasoned decision if the conditions set out in article R. 4383-4 are no longer met.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-5-2

…n Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: General authorisation conditions

Article L5125-5

…n a municipality with a number of pharmacies in excess of the thresholds provided for in article L. 5125-4. The place where these pharmacies are grouped together is the location of one of them or any…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Aid for the practice and establishment of veterinary surgeons

Article R1511-57

I.-The aid provided for in I of article L. 1511-9 is intended to support veterinary practice for the benefit of farm animals. This aid may be granted: 1° Either to the persons mentioned in article L.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Distribution of funds outside of enforcement proceedings.

Article 1281-5

…ge within fifteen days of the last notification referred to in the second paragraph of Article 1281-4, the proposed distribution becomes final. Once it has the sum to be distributed, the person in cha…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Advertising

Article L5213-5

…édicament et des produits de santé and the administrative authority referred to in II of Article L. 5211-2, within their respective areas of competence, may, under the conditions set out in Article L.…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Territorial jurisdiction

Article R1412-5

…European Union, disputes relating to the rights recognised in the matters listed in Article L. 1262-4 may be brought before the industrial tribunal within whose jurisdiction the service is being or ha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: The National Council of Sworn Commodity Brokers

Article R131-24

The National Council of Sworn Freight Brokers is made up of members elected by sworn freight brokers. In each Court of Appeal, the sworn brokers elect one member of the National Council of Sworn Broke…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-24

Authorisation to transport ashes outside mainland France or an overseas department is issued by the prefect of the department where the deceased was cremated or where the applicant resides.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-24

If the owner or keeper does not submit his sample intact within the time limit set by the examining magistrate, the sample is no longer taken into account. In this case, the two experts are assigned t…

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