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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: EC declaration of conformity, full quality assurance system.

Article R5211-40

…the manufacturer must submit to an approved body for verification the quality system which he has set up for the design, manufacture and final inspection of the medical devices and the application of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-42-1

Notwithstanding article L. 2232-24 of the Labour Code, in companies not subject to the obligation to organise the elections provided for in Book III of Part Two of the same code, the agreements mentio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-3

Private copy levies are, under the conditions defined below, assessed according to the flat-rate method provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 131-4.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L644-3

As an exception to the provisions of Article L. 641-4, the only claims likely to rank in order of importance in the distributions and claims arising from an employment contract are verified.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Appeals to the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions

Article R40-4

…t president of the court of appeal may be appealed to the National Commission for Compensation for Detentions by: 1° The applicant; 2° The judicial agent of the State; 3° The public prosecutor at the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3221-3

…ntal council who has ceased his duties as chairman of the departmental council pursuant to Articles L. 2122-4 or L. 4133-3 may not receive a delegation until the end of their term of office as a depar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-3

…e 22 quater of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, are retained and converted into euros for the benefit of any person who, at the time of their request, is…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-40

The registration of plant variety certificates in the National Register of Plant Variety Certificates takes place in the order of their issue. The registration includes:the serial number under which t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: NATIONAL DATA FILE CONTAINING INFORMATION ON CHARACTERISED PAYMENT INCIDENTS

Article L752-3

The file lists the measures of the conventional recovery plan mentioned in Article L. 732-2. These measures are communicated to the Banque de France by the Commission. The registration is kept for the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Combating drug supply shortages

Article L5121-30

The list of medicinal products of major therapeutic interest mentioned in article L. 5121-31 for which a stock shortage or a risk of a stock shortage is identified or has been declared to the Agence n…

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