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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior authorisation

Article R5223-5

Applications for authorisation to advertise the in vitro diagnostic medical devices referred to in Article L. 5223-3 must be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Professional rules.

Article D5232-5

…services and the distributor of equipment shall treat the person who is ill or suffering from an incapacity or disability with the same conscientiousness, without discrimination and without seeking t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R1113-5

In the case referred to in article L. 1113-3, an inventory of all objects carried by the admitted person is immediately drawn up by the person in charge of the admissions department, or any other agen…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Services managed under agreements

Article R2222-5

…dice to the obligations resulting from the provisions of the Public Procurement Code or, where applicable, those of the preliminary and first chapters of Title I of Book IV of Part One of this Code, i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Relations between departments and companies (R)

Article R3241-5

…dice to the obligations resulting from the provisions of the Public Procurement Code or, where applicable, those of the preliminary chapters, I and IV of Title I of Book IV of Part One of this Code, i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Unrestricted hearing and police custody

Article D15-5-7

…is the subject of a legal protection measure, in order to implement the provisions of Article 706-112-1 and Article D. 47-14. The same applies in the event of the detention of a person pursuant to art…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-59

…venth paragraph of article L. 431-14 are defined in the first paragraph of article 1 of decree no. 62-235 of 1 March 1962 amended by article 1 of decree no. 76-879 of 21 September 1976, and for the de…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-53

The services listed in Table 5 of Article Appendix 4-7 give rise to the collection of fees set in accordance with the respective provisions of subsections 1 and 2 of this section.These emoluments are…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Parental childcare leave and part-time work.

Article L1225-50

The employee shall inform his employer of the starting point and duration of the period during which he intends to take either parental leave or a reduction in his working hours.Where this period imme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to liquidation

Article L247-5

…9,000 euros. Anyone convicted pursuant to the preceding paragraph may no longer be employed, in any capacity whatsoever, by the company in which he or she performed the prohibited duties. In the event…

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