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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Competent authority.

Article R1123-40

The sponsor informs the competent authority and the Committee for the Protection of Individuals without delay of the effective date of commencement of the research, corresponding to the date on which…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Competent authority.

Article R1123-41

…the National Commission for Research Involving the Human Person and the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products without delay of situations in which it has terminated the part…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Surety bonds

Article R23-4

…for in the first paragraph of Article 142-2 and in the first paragraph of Article 142-3, the sums returned to the person prosecuted are increased, where applicable, by accrued interest.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions.

Article R642-40

In application of Article L. 642-22-1, transfers of businesses and realisations of assets are publicised by the mandataires de justice by means of a computer service accessible via the internet.Any tr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions.

Article R642-41

Where, pursuant to article L. 642-24, there are grounds for the official receiver to authorise the liquidator to compromise or settle, the court clerk shall summon the debtor to the hearing fifteen da…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Seasonal activities

Article R3132-4

…nly during one period of the year, the weekly rest period may be deferred in application of article L. 3132-7: 1° Fruit, vegetable and fish canning factories; 2° Hotels, restaurants, caterers and roas…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article R4314-4

Market surveillance authorities and authorised agents shall exercise their powers and perform their duties independently, impartially and objectively.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Limit values

Article R4453-4

…are as follows: 1° Values triggering action linked to the direct biophysical effects of electromagnetic fields : You can consult the full text with its images from the extract of the authenticated el…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Certification scheme

Article R4461-48

…oint order by the ministers responsible for labour, the sea, the interior, agriculture and culture determines: 1° The procedures and conditions for accrediting the bodies responsible for certification…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Journal register.

Article R4532-40

…of social security organisations, agents from the Organisme Professionnel de Prévention du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics, and, where it has been set up, to the members of the inter-company college f…

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