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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article R612-31-1

…n the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution takes the protective measure provided for in 13° of Article L. 612-33 with regard to a person mentioned in 1°, 3° and 5° of B of I of Article L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-5

…oduct and, where applicable, the other persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 1142-24-2. The opinion of the College of Experts is issued within six months of the referral to the Offic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint Conciliation Committee

Article R615-24

The Chairman may carry out any investigative measure. He may at any time establish that the parties are in agreement or call a further meeting for this purpose.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Commission for pharmacy assistants and hospital pharmacy assistants.

Article D4241-24

Files may be examined by rapporteurs from outside the committee, appointed by decision of the ministers responsible for education and health. These rapporteurs may be asked to sit on the committee in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 249-3

…an application for a legal protection measure has been filed or is pending, the divorce application may not be examined until after the judgment ruling on the implementation of such a protection measu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Periodic inspections

Article R4323-24

Periodic general inspections are carried out by qualified persons, who may or may not belong to the establishment, a list of whom is made available to the Labour Inspectorate. These persons are compet…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Inter-constituency groupings.

Article R711-24

Interconsular groupings may be declared concessionaires of public works or entrusted with public services under the same conditions as territorial chambers of commerce and industry. The concession may…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article D214-240-4

…gulations or articles of association, the units or shares issued by the specialised finance vehicle may give rise to requests for redemption by their holders or shareholders and the debt securities is…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Examination of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-24

…of the application, who has two months in which to submit his observations. During this period, he may inspect the entire examination file with the person in charge of the tasks assigned to the natio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-12

If it finds that one or more of the injuries referred to in Article L. 1142-24-10 are attributable to the prescription, before 31 December 2015, of sodium valproate or one of its derivatives during pr…

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