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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Risk and quality management and quality control.

Article R1222-29

…mined by order of the Minister for Health and the Minister for Defence.III. - Quality control tests may only be carried out, under the responsibility of one of the persons mentioned in the previous pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Administration and guardianship

Article R721-29

…four years. For members other than the Chairman and the Director General of the Treasury, a deputy may be appointed in the same way as the titular member.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Territories of health democracy

Article R1434-29

…on is deemed to have been given. III - The Chief Executive Officers of the Regional Health Agencies may jointly define a common health democracy territory within the remit of their agencies using the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Retention of records and documents

Article R518-29

…ate, as well as to payments or reimbursements of capital in respect of which the interested parties may, by virtue of special enactments, only exercise their rights for a maximum period of five years.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General conditions for the transmission and exchange of information.

Article R6113-29

…iod, the establishment has not complied with the formal notice, the Director of the Regional Agency may impose the penalty provided for in Article L. 6113-8. The proposed sanction and the reasons for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions.

Article L7124-25

…sentatives with funds in excess of the share set pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 7124-9 is punishable by a fine of 3,750 euros. Any person employing children mentioned in 5° of article L…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Revolving credit

Article R341-17

A failure by the lender to comply with the obligations set out in article L. 312-71 is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1744

If it was agreed at the time of the lease that in the event of a sale the purchaser could evict the tenant and no stipulation was made regarding damages, the lessor is obliged to compensate the tenant…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-6

A joint order by the ministers responsible for transport, labour and trade may, after consulting the mayor, or where applicable the chairman of the public inter-communal cooperation body of which the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-29

…echnical measures and who hold one of the diplomas allowing access to a category A body.Rapporteurs may also be appointed by judicial officers on secondment or secondment to the authority.II.Rapporteu…

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