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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approvals

Article R1222-45

The Director of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may ask the applicant for any additional information required to examine the application. The request for additi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Public health establishments, public medico-social establishments, health cooperation groups, social and medico-social cooperation groups with legal personality under public law and army hospitals

Article R5126-45

…made available by a public health establishment, only the practitioners mentioned in 1° of article L. 6152-1 may manage the pharmacy.

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Informing the authorities about risk prevention

Article R4411-45

The body referred to in Article L. 4411-4 is authorised to provide the labour inspection officers referred to in Article L. 8112-1, the labour inspection doctors referred to in Article L. 8112-1, to a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Handling complaints

Article R321-45

…Commissioner is the addressee of complaints concerning the persons mentioned in I and II of article L. 321-4 as well as articles L. 321-24 and L. 321-28-1 and the persons authorised to direct sales. T…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Criminal provisions.

Article R331-45

Apart from the case, punishable underarticle L. 411-7 of the Highway Code, of organising races of land motor vehicles on roads open to public traffic without authorisation, organising a concentration…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Taking of evidence

Article 453

The court clerk keeps notes of the proceedings and mainly, under the direction of the president, of the statements of the witnesses as well as the answers of the accused.The notes of the hearing are s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Taking of evidence

Article 455

During the debates, the chairman shall, if necessary, have the exhibits presented to the accused or to the witnesses and shall receive their observations.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Taking of evidence

Article 451

A person who, acting by virtue of a legal obligation or on his own initiative, has brought the facts being prosecuted to the attention of the courts, shall be received as a witness, but the president…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Taking of evidence

Article 457

…cord and a copy of the notes of the hearing shall be forwarded without delay to the public prosecutor.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Taking of evidence

Article 452

Witnesses give oral evidence. However, they may, exceptionally, be assisted by documents with the permission of the chairman.

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