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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for authorising the apprenticeship programme

Article R1161-13

…n in application of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal produ…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article A761-2

The standard application for early declassification of the national interest market contains, in addition to the deliberation of the regional council concerned, the following documents: 1° The deliber…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-50-1

…n in application of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 shall be informed of any intention to market the veterinary medicinal product covered by…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Prior information notices and periodic indicative notices of purchasers' intention to award a contract

Article R2131-1

The purchaser may make known his intention to award a contract by publishing, in the case of the contracting authority, a prior information notice, or, in the case of the contracting entity, a periodi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Transporting foreign nationals placed or held in a waiting area or administrative detention centre

Article L141-6

The contracts mentioned in article L. 141-5 may only relate to the driving of transport vehicles and the safety measures inherent in the latter, to the exclusion of what concerns the supervision of pe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-31

…articles R. 112-24 et R. 112-25.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-19

…he same period in accordance with the procedures set out in the first four paragraphs of article R. 24-14 and if the condition set out in the first paragraph of Article R. 24-15 is always completed, w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Composition of gases

Article R4461-19

…cals; 3° During the dry decompression phase, 2,200 hectopascals for decompression lasting less than 24 hours and 800 hectopascals for decompression lasting more than 24 hours; 4° During compression or…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies relating to the provision of direct electronic access to a trading venue

Article L533-10-8

…or any behaviour potentially indicative of market abuse that should be reported to the Autorité des marchés financiers;4° Enter into a written contract with the persons using the service, covering the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L321-36

…erators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction mentioned in Articles L. 321-4 and L. 321-24 of this code, under the conditions provided for in this chapter. Sales of movable property by pub…

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