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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Regional pharmacovigilance centres

Article R5121-158

The regional pharmacovigilance centres carry out vigilance missions relating to health products under the conditions defined in article R. 1413-61-4.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2111-9

The standards or documents are marked "or equivalent" and chosen in the following order of preference: 1° National standards transposing European standards; 2° European Technical Assessments; 3° Commo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2111-11

Where the purchaser formulates a technical specification by reference to a standard or an equivalent document, he may not reject a tender on the grounds that it does not comply with that standard or d…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2111-7

The technical specifications may not mention a particular manufacturing method or process or a specific provenance or origin, or refer to a trade mark, patent or type where such mention or reference i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2111-10

Technical specifications formulated in terms of performance or functional requirements are sufficiently precise to enable candidates to know exactly what the contract is about and to enable the purcha…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2111-8

The purchaser shall formulate the technical specifications:1° Either by reference to standards or other equivalent documents available to candidates;2° Or in terms of performance or functional require…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L329-2

Where an undertaking referred to in 4° of I of Article L. 310-2 has branches established in more than one Member State, each branch is treated independently for the purposes of applying the provisions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-5

Without prejudice to the obligations arising from national defence secrecy, the officials required under the provisions of this chapter shall be required to assist the judicial authorities.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-3

On completion of the operations or as soon as it appears that such operations are technically impossible or on expiry of the prescribed time limit or on receipt of the stop order from the public prose…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-4

Decisions taken pursuant to this chapter shall not be of a judicial nature and shall not be subject to appeal.

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