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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-52

The dossier is deemed to be complete if, within one month of receipt, the Minister responsible for research or, where applicable, the Director General of the regional health agency, has not informed t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisations preserving and preparing tissues and cells from the human body for their own research programmes

Article R1243-56

The Minister for Research may at any time suspend or prohibit the pursuit of activities that no longer meet the requirements set out in Article L. 1243-3. When the organisation is a health establishme…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Safeguard measures relating to insurance undertakings

Article R335-5

When the solvency margin of an undertaking referred to in Article L. 310-3-2 does not reach the guarantee fund, or if the fund is not constituted in accordance with the regulations, the Autorité de co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Alert procedure.

Article R234-5

In companies other than sociétés anonymes, the request for explanations provided for in Article L. 234-2 concerns any fact that the statutory auditor identifies when examining the documents provided t…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Reimbursement of public transport costs

Article R3261-5

The reimbursement of transport costs by the employer is subject to the employee handing in or, failing that, presenting the tickets. To be eligible for reimbursement, the tickets must enable the holde…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-5

In application of the first paragraph of article L. 822-1-2, natural persons who, for a period of at least fifteen years, have been engaged in a public or private activity that has enabled them to acq…

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

Article 57-1

Officers of the judicial police or, under their responsibility, officers of the judicial police may, in the course of a search carried out under the conditions provided for in this code, access via a…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-2

I.-Shares may be allocated, under the same conditions as those mentioned in Article L. 225-197-1 :

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-5

The certificate must be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of the executing State or into one of the official languages of the institutions of the European Communit…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-2-1

I. - When an armed forces hospital or other component of the armed forces health service participates in the implementation of the mental health policy conducted in application of this chapter : 1° Th…

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