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Showing 59515960 of 8320 articles for Art. Cons. const. 29-12-2014 n° 2014-708 DC

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ongoing evaluation of the criteria for granting early access authorisation and transmission of new data

Article R5121-71

In order to be able to continuously assess the criteria mentioned in I of Article L. 5121-12, the Haute Autorité de santé and, where applicable, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Local conciliation commission.

Article R6142-20

If no agreement is reached within two months of the committee meeting, the Prefect shall refer the matter to the Ministers for Higher Education and Health. Subject to the provisions of article L. 6142…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-401

The provisions which require consultation of the establishment's medical committee or its chairman, as well as those which provide for the proposal or opinion of the head of the department or, failing…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R811-1

…The application for a reduction in fees provided for in Article L. 612-20, as it read prior to loi n° 2005-842 du 26 juillet 2005, shall be submitted in writing to the Director General of the Institu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-2

…2 must provide proof that they hold the diploma of higher accounting studies governed by the décret n° 81-537 du 12 mai 1981 ou du diplôme d'études supérieures comptables et financières ou qu'ils ont…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession.

Article L812-3

…tion measures provided for in Chapter V of Title II of Book VI of this Code, in Title VI of the loi n° 85-98 du 25 janvier 1985 précitée ou, dans le régime antérieur à cette loi, au titre II de la loi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Events subject to authorisation

Article A331-21

If the itinerary of the event referred to in article A. 331-20 includes one or more liaison sections within the meaning of article R. 331-18, the application for authorisation must also include a list…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-2

A delegated production company wishing to receive assistance from the compensation fund in the event of an incident during filming must have joined the fund prior to the incident and any request for a…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Wines and ciders

Article 434

It is forbidden to manufacture, dispatch, sell, offer for sale or hold with a view to sale, under the name of wine, cider, perry or mead, products that do not meet the definition given, for wine, by C…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-4

The declaration provided for in Article L. 123-29 is renewed every four years, in accordance with the same procedure as that set out in Article R. 123-208-2. However, in the event of renewal of the ca…

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