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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Valuation of the property

Article R313-17

The property valuation expert mentioned in 1° of article L. 313-20 is: 1° Either an external appraiser, a natural or legal person, who is an appraisal expert with no ties to the lender, whether subord…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-172

For the medicinal products mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 5121-12 and in II of article L. 5121-12-1, the obligations set out in article R. 5121-161 and articles R. 5121-166 to R. 5121-170 are car…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to subsequent contracts

Article R2162-10

…contracting authority organises an invitation to tender in accordance with the following procedure:1° For each of the subsequent contracts, the contracting authority shall consult in writing the hold…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.

Article R741-10

…de up of the clerks of the mixed commercial courts appearing on the list provided for in Article L. 732-3.Half of the members of the National Council are elected every two years for four years and may…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Industrial plants operating continuously.

Article L3132-10

…ds of employees assigned to continuous work may be deferred in part under the following conditions: 1° Each employee benefits, in a given work period, from a number of rests of twenty-four consecutive…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Organisation and operation

Article R2333-120-21

The magistrates of the administrative courts and administrative courts of appeal who are members of the commission are appointed by order of the Vice-President of the Council of State.The judicial mag…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-21-1

Where an application for marketing authorisation in France is made for a medicinal product which has already been authorised or is the subject of an application for marketing authorisation currently b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Points of entry to the territory

Article R3115-17-1

The points of entry to the territory mentioned in articles R. 3115-16 and R. 3115-17 have the technical capacities set out in paragraph 2 of this sub-section.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Dispensing of medicinal products

Article R3112-15

In establishments and organisations other than health establishments, by way of derogation, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency may authorise a doctor from the organisation, designated…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other provisions.

Article R662-17

…judicial representative or the liquidator requests the authorisation provided for in Article L. 663-1-1 after having heard or duly summoned the owner of the assets that are the subject of the protecti…

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