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Showing 22012210 of 63252 articles for Art. L 227-1 al. 5

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-5

…f agreement within the coordination group, the Community arbitration procedure provided for in articles 32 to 34 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council applies. Where Fr…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56-1

On instruction from the public prosecutor of the place of residence or detention of the person concerned, the DNA fingerprints of persons of French nationality, or of foreign nationality habitually re…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-57-1

The General Director of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé regularly checks that the authorised body has the required skills and up-to-date knowledge of the medica…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Resale of second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical devices

Article R5222-18-5

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article R. 5222-18-4, where the second-hand in vitro diagnostic medical device which is the subject of the transfer has never been put into service, the file consists…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-19-5

The non-collective sanitation fee includes a share intended to cover the costs of checking the design, siting and proper execution and operation of the installations and, where applicable, a share int…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article D111-5-1

In application of the first paragraph of article

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Shared functions

Article R6132-19-5

I.-At the request of all the directors of the hospitals belonging to the consortium, in consultation with the management boards and after receiving the opinion of the consortium's medical commission,…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application of plant variety certificates, duration and scope of the breeder's right

Article D623-58-1

The composition and operation of the joint conciliation commission specific to the plant variety field are governed by articles R. 615-9 to R. 615-11, R. 615-13 to R. 615-34, subject to the following…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification procedure.

Article D332-5-1

The classification decision referred to in Article D. 332-4 may be revoked or amended for the remaining period of the initial decision if, following an adversarial procedure initiated by the body refe…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-5

The file initially sent by the applicant may include only the first part of the application as defined in Article R. 761-12-1. In this case, the provisions of Article R. 761-12-2 only apply to the fir…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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