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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-19

…ishment for administration to patients in the health care establishment. A healthcare establishment may only supply a labile blood product for a patient hospitalised in another healthcare establishmen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Plenary session (R).

Article R5211-25

The election of the representatives mentioned in article R. 5211-23 shall take place by post.The ballot papers shall be sent or deposited at the prefecture of the department, in accordance with the pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compulsory licences for patents relating to the manufacture of pharmaceutical products for export to countries with public health problems

Article R613-25-1

…industrial property. It shall include the information mentioned in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 816/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on compulsory licensing of pat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-25

…nt and manage pollution in the short term. The person responsible for the bathing water informs the mayor and the director general of the regional health agency as soon as they become aware of situati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules specific to legal mortgages of minors or adults under guardianship

Article 2398

…ines the amount to be registered and designates the immovable property to be encumbered. If not, he may, however, decide that the registration of the mortgage will be replaced by the constitution of a…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions.

Article 257

…icial islands, installations, works or related installations. However, the administrative authority may authorise a ship which does not meet these conditions to carry out a specific transport operatio…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Post-exposure or post-occupational monitoring

Article R4624-28-3

…up an inventory of the worker's exposure to the occupational risk factors mentioned in Article L. 4161-1.This inventory is drawn up, in particular, on the basis of the information contained in the oc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R824-19

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7125-25-1

…roved by the minister responsible for local authorities under the conditions defined in articles R. 1221-12 to R. 1221-22-1.The training courses contributing to the professional reintegration of the c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 256

…declared bankrupt and have not been rehabilitated; 7° Persons who have been convicted under Article 288 of this Code or those who are prohibited from serving as jurors under article 131-26 of the Pena…

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