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Showing 23012310 of 36396 articles for Art. Décret n° 2015-1437 du 5 novembre 2015

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation

Article R4211-55

…ts applying for the authorisation required to carry out the activities mentioned in article R. 4211-53 appoint a responsible person and one or more interim responsible persons to replace him/her, with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Final provisions.

Article R5211-53

…ster for Health, issued on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, specifies the conditions for applying the procedures defined…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Employee Rights Commission

Article R1233-26-5

…of the Employees' Rights Commission are governed by the provisions set out in Articles 81, 84 and 85, the first seven paragraphs of Article 88, the first two paragraphs of Article 89, the first five…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-5

The Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property shall rule on the opposition after an adversarial procedure including an investigation phase, under the conditions defined by decr…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-5

…n 2°, the words: "defined in articles…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-5

…n 2°, the words: "defined in articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-50

Any veterinary pharmaceutical establishment of a company mentioned in Article R. 5142-1 engaged in wholesale, free transfer or wholesale distribution shall keep, for each incoming and outgoing transac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous and transitional provisions

Article L1424-50

A decree in the Council of State shall set out the terms and conditions for the application of this law.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 undecies

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this chapter.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-5

The procedures for applying this chapter shall be specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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