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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-11

The standards and methods applicable to the testing of medicinal products are set, on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-16

Investigational medicinal products are prepared in accordance with the good practices mentioned in article L. 5121-5. The information appearing on the labelling must be written at least in French. The…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-13

Subject to the provisions of articles L. 1123-6 to L. 1123-8 and L. 1123-13 and those adopted for their application, the investigators and persons called upon to collaborate in the trials are bound by…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Dissolution.

Article L125-19

Unless otherwise stipulated in the contract of incorporation or the Articles of Association, the receivership or liquidation of one of the members does not automatically result in the dissolution of t…

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

Article 40-4

When the victim wishes to act as a civil party and requests the appointment of a lawyer after having been informed of this right pursuant to 3° of Article 10-2, the public prosecutor, notified by the…

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

Article 41-4

During the investigation or when no court has been seised or when the court seised has exhausted its jurisdiction without having ruled on the restitution of items placed in the hands of justice, the p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to all sporting events

Article R331-15

The organiser is liable to the State and local authorities for fees representing the cost of setting up the special security service required to ensure the safety of spectators and traffic during the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to all sporting events

Article R331-16

The organiser is obliged to restore the roads open to public traffic and their appurtenances, which he has obtained for his private use during the event.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to all sporting events

Article R331-17

The Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Transport jointly draw up the list of roads that are permanently, periodically or temporarily banned for all sporting events or for certain categorie…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions common to all sporting events

Article R331-17-1

The distribution or sale of printed matter or objects during an event may only take place under the conditions and in the places determined by the competent administrative authorities with the agreeme…

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