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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-74-3

I.- Authorisation for compassionate access is granted by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé for the duration of treatment of the patient in…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Managing dose constraints

Article R4451-33-1

I.-For the purposes of preventive radiological monitoring and alerting in the event of abnormal exposure, the employer shall fit an operational dosimeter to: 1° Any worker entering a controlled area d…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article R927-1-3

For the application to Mayotte of article R. 711-40-3, the words: "la chambre de commerce et d'industrie de région et de chaque chambre de commerce et d'industrie territoriale ou départementale qui lu…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Training activities

Article D6313-3-1

The implementation of all or part of a distance learning course includes: 1° Appropriate technical and pedagogical assistance to support the beneficiary throughout the course; 2° Information for the b…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the list of industrial property attorneys

Article R422-3-1

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-39-2

A respondent who wishes to challenge a member of the Committee must, on pain of inadmissibility, make the request:1° In the case of the rapporteur, within one month of notification of the decision app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Resale of second-hand medical devices

Article R5212-35-2

The provisions of this sub-section do not apply when: 1° The second-hand medical device is sold to a medical device manufacturer, as defined in 3° of Article R. 5211-4, unless the latter expressly req…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-3-1

When the civil interests are decided, the civil party is notified of the criminal order in one of the ways provided for in the second paragraph of article 495-3. The civil party is informed that it ha…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 6: Accounting and financial organisation of the departmental or territorial fire and rescue service (R)

Article D1424-32-2

The provisions of article D. 3311-4 with the exception of the sixth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth paragraphs, the articles D. 3311-5, D. 3321-1 and D. 3321-2, D. 3332-3 et D. 3342…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to cross-border service providers

Article R123-30-2

Cross-border service providers send the single body mentioned in Article R. 123-1, depending on their situation:1° Registration declarations intended for the tax services and social security bodies;2°…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
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