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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-52-2

…nted to the purchaser pursuant to Articles L. 511-10 or L. 532-2, the collège de résolution shall inform the collège de supervision without delay. The latter shall take a decision within a timeframe t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Requests for access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article R2143-9

…sion for access by persons born of medically assisted procreation to third party donor data using a form that the latter shall make available to the public. Requests sent using this form must, on pain…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Experimentation.

Article R5141-8

…od of two months prior to the clinical trial of a veterinary medicinal product, the sponsor shall inform the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'envi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Labelling.

Article R5141-73

Without prejudice to the information required by the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to poisonous substances, the labelling of the immediate packaging and the outer packaging of a veter…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 343

With the exception of actions brought before the Cour de cassation, the challenge or dismissal on grounds of legitimate suspicion may be proposed by the party himself or by his agent.The agent must be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 40-3

…he public prosecutor to initiate proceedings. If he considers the appeal to be unfounded, he will inform the person concerned accordingly..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions applicable before the Examining Magistrate and the Examining Chamber

Article 706-128

Articles 706-122 à 706-127 are applicable before the Investigating Chamber in the event of an appeal against an order of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Disciplinary procedure

Article R241-21

The chairman of the panel appoints a rapporteur from among its members. The rapporteur draws up a report setting out the facts and the conditions under which the proceedings were conducted. The rappor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Joint local committees.

Article L2234-2

The joint committees : 1° Contribute to the drafting and application of collective labour agreements and negotiate and conclude agreements of local interest, particularly in the areas of employment an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-3-1

Persons who, on 29 November 1997, were performing the duties of medical laboratory technician in a blood establishment without fulfilling the required conditions but who, on 23 May 2004, can provide p…

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