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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Persons holding the required diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article R212-86

I.-The Prefect issues a sports educator's professional card to the persons mentioned in article R. 212-85 with the exception of persons: 1° Who have been the subject of one of the convictions mentione…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensatory allowance

Article 1080

Where property or rights are awarded as compensatory allowance pursuant to 2° of article 274 of the Civil Code, the agreement approved or the decision granting the divorce specifies their value. Where…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensatory allowance

Article 1079

The compensatory allowance may not be provisionally enforced. However, it may be provisionally enforced in whole or in part, where failure to enforce would have manifestly excessive consequences for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Home dispensing of gases for medical use.

Article R4211-15

If an application for authorisation to dispense gases for medical use at home, as provided for in article L. 4211-5, remains unanswered for more than four months, it is deemed to have been rejected.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-3

Without prejudice to the application of legislation relating to trademarks or service marks, the invented name is chosen in such a way as to avoid any confusion with other medicinal products and not t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-2

The name of a medicinal product may be either an invented name or a common or scientific name accompanied by a trade mark or the name of the holder of the marketing authorisation or of the company res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-4

For any medicinal product authorised on the French market, each of its presentations and, where applicable, each common dispensing unit, is allocated a national identification number. This number is a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Penalties

Article R6112-6

I.- When the Director General of the Regional Health Agency observes a breach of the public hospital service obligations referred to in Article L. 6112-2, he informs the legal representative of the he…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-15

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a collective branch agreement may introduce night work in a company or establishment, within the meaning of article L. 3122-5, or extend it to ne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of collective bargaining

Article L3122-18

A company or establishment agreement or, failing that, a branch agreement or convention may, where justified by the specific characteristics of a sector's activity, provide for the maximum weekly work…

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