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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Control of physical working environments.

Article R4724-18

Joint decrees by the ministers for labour and agriculture specify the accreditation conditions and methods to be used for measuring :1° Noise ;2° Mechanical vibrations ; 3° Artificial optical radiatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-5

…gional council or councils of the Ordre national des vétérinaires. If the relevant council has not given its opinion within two months, the Director General may take a decision. When a company has sev…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-8

…acture or import of medicated feedingstuffs, silence on the part of the Director General will be equivalent to a refusal of authorisation on expiry of a period of ninety days from the date of receipt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-12

If, within a period of two years following notification of the authorisations provided for in articles R. 5142-8 to R. 5142-10, the establishment is not operating, these authorisations lapse. However,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-15

…ail. Except in urgent cases, these decisions may only be taken after the interested party has been given the opportunity to present his observations. When the decision concerns an establishment mentio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-6

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail shall inform the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicame…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-4

The procedures for submitting and examining applications for authorisation to open, for modification of initial authorisations and for transfer of authorisations to open, as provided for in articles R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-12-1

…onnement et du travail. This information is provided: 1° No later than six months before the definitive closure of this establishment for the establishments mentioned in 1° to 3° of article R. 5142-1;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-11

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may request from the applicant any additional information necessary for the exami…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-14

The change of ownership or management lease of part of a veterinary pharmaceutical establishment is subject : 1° A modification of the initial opening authorisation under the conditions set out in art…

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