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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-7

The vehicles referred to in the second paragraph of article R. 211-21-1 used by the State must be equipped with a specific insurance certificate, the characteristics of which are set by the Minister f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article R15-33-76

The police services or gendarmerie units are required, at the request of the judicial authorities alone, to issue as soon as possible to the persons referred to in articles 16 to 29 who have been subj…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Protocol for therapeutic use and patient monitoring

Article R5121-74-5

I.-The granting of a compassionate access authorisation is subject to the establishment by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé of a therapeutic use and patient moni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Protocol for therapeutic use and patient monitoring

Article R5121-74-6

Where the therapeutic use and patient monitoring protocol so provides, the holder of the exploitation rights for a medicinal product benefiting from a compassionate access authorisation or, where appl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-7-1

A court-appointed administrator may exercise his profession as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in article L. 811-2. A natural person registered on this lis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employment contract.

Article L7121-7-1

Employers falling within the scope of application of the one-stop shop set out in article L. 7122-22 must, in the absence of contractual provisions specific to performing artists and technicians in re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-7

When authorisation is sought for a technique that modifies a procedure on the list mentioned in Article L. 2141-1 , the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine refers the matter to the Agency…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal and termination of compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74-9

I.-When a medicinal product, which is the subject of a compassionate access authorisation, obtains a marketing authorisation, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article D711-71-1

The president of a public establishment in the network of chambers of commerce and industry may consult the members of its bureau, its general meeting and, for CCI France, its executive committee by e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article D711-75-2

The arbitration clause or the arbitration agreement shall designate the arbitrator(s) or define the procedures for choosing the arbitrator(s), which must guarantee the impartiality of the arbitrator(s…

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