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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions applicable to authorisation and registration schemes

Article R1333-130

…are sent under a separate, specially identified cover.II - In the cases provided for in Article R. 1333-121, the Nuclear Safety Authority or the Minister responsible for nuclear safety, before issuin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation

Article R6156-13

The lists of voters for the Board of Governors are drawn up by the Minister for Health. Voter status is determined on the day of the ballot. The electoral lists are posted on the website of the Minist…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Seizure by immobilisation of the vehicle

Article R223-13

…r does not use the simplified realisation procedure provided for in the second paragraph of article 2346 of the Civil Code, a warning, in very conspicuous lettering, that he has a period of one month…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-12

Persons bound by an agreement or arrangement may bring any action to obtain performance of the commitments entered into and, where appropriate, damages against other persons or organisations or groups…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article R424-12

…ithdrawn if he loses the benefit of subsidiary protection in the cases mentioned in article L. 424-17.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Harvesting haematopoietic cells from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a minor donor

Article R1241-12

The committee of experts shall communicate its decision in writing to the persons exercising parental authority or, where applicable, to the minor's guardian, as well as to the doctor in charge of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R814-127

In the case provided for in the third paragraph of Article R. 814-126, the transfer of shares shall be publicised by filing in the Trade and Companies Register two certified copies of the summons sent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Renewal and transfer of approval

Article D1-12-12

Application for the transfer of approval, and the investigation and approval of the transfer of approval are carried out under the same conditions as those laid down for the issue of approval.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-13

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 356-11, where the prudential regime of a third country has been recognised as temporarily equivalent by a delegated act of the European Commission, the Aut…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R321-13

The unavailability of the property, the seizure of its fruits and the restriction on the debtor's rights of enjoyment and administration run with regard to the debtor from the date of service of the s…

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