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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105-1

…ope of Article 706-72-1, communicate to the State services mentioned in second paragraph of article L. 2321-2 of the French Defence Code, on its own initiative or at the request of these services, inf…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-74-1

…in a period set by decree, an application for the early access authorisation referred to in Article L. 5121-12 for the medicinal product concerned in the indication in question. III.-When the applicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-7

…authorisation is sought for a technique that modifies a procedure on the list mentioned in Article L. 2141-1 , the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine refers the matter to the Agency's O…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nationals of a State that is not a member of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who hold evidence of formal qualifications issued by one of the member or party States.

Article R4221-13-7

…ng on behalf of the Minister for Health, issues the practice authorisations provided for in article L. 4221-9, after obtaining the opinion of the practice authorisation commission referred to in artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: The national information system common to the regional joint cross-industry committees

Article R6323-21-7

I.-The common national information system provided for in Article L. 6323-17-2 is implemented by France Compétences, which is responsible for its design, deployment, operation and maintenance. France…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Investigation, authorisation, refusal, renewal

Article R5121-74-3

…for internal use in the health establishment or of the person responsible as referred to in Article L. 5126-10 ; 2° The initials of the surname and first name of the patient for whom the prescription…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article D2122-7-2

The delegation threshold set by the deliberation provided for in 30° of article L. 2122-22 of this code may not exceed 100 euros. After examining the proposals forwarded by the public accountant relat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Suspension, withdrawal and termination of compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74-8

…withdraw a compassionate access authorisation if the conditions laid down in I, II and V of Article L. 5121-12-1 or the provisions of this section are not complied with, or for any other public health…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D321-7-1

…nitial decision if, following an adversarial procedure initiated by the body referred to in Article L. 141-2 following a complaint, the operator fails to demonstrate compliance with the classification…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-214-7

The following are considered to be liquid within the meaning of IV of Article L. 214-165-1: 1° Transferable securities which are admitted to trading on a trading platform of a State party to the Agree…

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