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Showing 19711980 of 41648 articles for Art. L. 144-7

French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation of the company.

Article R814-72

…eet, including when the company is a multi-professional practice company as provided for in Article L. 811-7-1-A or Article L. 812-5-1-A.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for medical biology laboratories under the authority of the Minister of Defence

Article R6224-7

…er the authority of the Minister of Defence and appearing on the list provided for in II of Article L. 6147-7, the certificate referred to in Article R. 6222-10 is sent by this Minister to the relevan…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publicising and monitoring early access authorisations

Article R5121-73-1

…der of the early access authorisation issued for a medicinal product covered by 1° of II of Article L. 5121-12 to disseminate the authorisation, or any information relating to this authorisation, to t…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Therapeutic use protocol and data collection

Article R5121-70-1

…ble for health and social security and, for the medicinal products mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 5121-12, to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, at intervals…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article R212-7

…or projects involving the extension of a cinema, the five-year period provided for in 2° of article L. 212-7 runs from the date of registration by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Verification of the conditions governing admission to the profession

Article R513-7

…that its members comply with the obligation to take out a financial guarantee as set out in article L. 512-7. It ensures that the amount of the guarantee referred to in article R. 512-7 is calculated…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security measures that may be ordered in the event of a declaration of lack of criminal responsibility on grounds of mental disorder or in the event of recognition of impairment of judgement

Article 706-138

…the lifting of the hospitalisation to which that person may have been subject pursuant to Articles L. 3213-1 and L. 3213-7 of the Public Health Code. The civil party may, at any time, indicate to the…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-7

…ser decides to require the contractor to subcontract part of his contract pursuant to 2° of article L. 2393-3, he shall indicate this in the contract notice in the form of percentages set under the co…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors.

Article D2573-7

…ategory".III. - For the application of article R. 2122-9-1:1° The words: "pursuant to 9° of article L. 2122-21" are deleted;2° After the words: "is set", the end of the sentence is worded as follows:…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R331-7

…ents comply with these technical and safety rules, which may not be adapted on the basis of article L. 131-7.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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