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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of elections.

Article L2314-10

…onomic Committee staff delegation. By-elections are held under the conditions set out in article L. 2314-29 to fill all vacant seats in the colleges concerned, on the basis of the provisions in force…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of consultation documents

Article R3122-10

The buyer profile is the dematerialisation platform enabling, in particular, the concession-granting authorities to make the consultation documents available to economic operators electronically and t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Disinfection.

Article R3116-10

For the mandatory disinfection operations prescribed by article L. 3114-1, the use of a non-approved process, product or appliance or the commissioning of an appliance without a certificate of conform…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other pharmacovigilance obligations.

Article R5141-109

The principles of good veterinary pharmacovigilance practice to which veterinarians, pharmacists and members of the other health professions mentioned in 4° of article R. 5141-93 are subject are defin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Veterinary pharmacovigilance centres.

Article R5141-102

The creation, organisation and funding of veterinary pharmacovigilance centres, as well as the conditions under which they carry out the tasks entrusted to them by the Agence nationale de sécurité san…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: The commission for the examination of draft federal regulations relating to sports facilities

Article R142-10

…h period.By decision of its President or at the request of one third of its members, the Commission may postpone its decision in order to submit the draft federal regulations to the National Council f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-103

…rian who has observed, or to whom has been reported, a serious or unexpected adverse reaction which may be attributed to the use of a veterinary medicinal product, whether or not he has prescribed it,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L2151-10

…y whatsoever in research on human embryos or embryonic stem cells authorised pursuant to Article L. 2151-5 or declared pursuant to Article L. 2151-6.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-10

The consolidated accounts may be prepared using, in addition to the valuation methods provided for in articles L. 123-18 to L. 123-21, the valuation methods laid down by a regulation of the Autorité d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 202

It may, of its own motion or at the request of the Public Prosecutor, order that he or she be informed in respect of the persons under investigation or defendants referred to it on all the counts of c…

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