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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 from or to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-25

…ecify the elements listed in Annex II of Directive (EU) 2015/566. Authorisations issued in this way may be modified, suspended or withdrawn in whole or in part by the Director General of the Agence na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of dental surgeons in relation to social medicine.

Article R4127-258

…ecision that appointed him. Outside these limits, the expert dental surgeon must not reveal what he may have learned in the course of his mission.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-25

…ver, if justified by particular circumstances, the distribution of the net assets among the members may be authorised, after consultation with the Conseil Supérieur de la Coopération, by order of the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Disputes

Article R2314-25

…y the registry within three days by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The decision may be appealed to the Court of Cassation within ten days. The appeal is lodged, investigated and ju…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Hearing and deliberation

Article R4126-25

…Chamber in accordance with the provisions of article L. 4113-14, the additional period of one month may be reduced to fifteen days and the period of two months to one month.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-25

…by the group's administrator as often as the group's interests require and at least once a year. It may also be convened at the request of at least one third of its members on a specific agenda. Its d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-25

Information may be provided to employees by any means, specified by regulation, likely to make the date of its receipt by the employees certain. When information is provided by registered letter with…

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

Article 258-1

…ason likely to justify exclusion from the list of jurors. The committee provided for in Article 262 may also exclude persons who, for a serious reason, do not appear to be able to perform jury duty. N…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-25

The deliberations of the members are subject to the provisions of articles 40 to 47 of decree n° 78-704 of 3 July 1978. The General Meeting may only validly deliberate if at least three quarters of th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Obligations of the insured

Article L175-16

…un to run. In fixed-term insurance, the premium due on the effective date of the insurance contract may be split. However, if the amount of a covered loss exceeds the fractional premiums already paid,…

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