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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Radiation protection inspector

Article R1333-167

Radiation protection inspectors may be provided, at their request, by the head of the establishment with any useful information to explain the measures taken to apply the provisions of this chapter wh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial guarantee

Article R1333-164

An order by the Minister responsible for radiation protection defines the procedures for applying the provisions of article R. 1333-162 relating to the constitution of financial guarantees and article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules for use and hygiene applicable to collective water misting systems

Article R1335-16

Operators use collective water misting systems that are adapted so as not to contaminate the water misted and not to disrupt the operation of the water distribution network to which it is connected, p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Waste from infectious risk healthcare activities and similar waste

Article R1337-16

Failure by dispensing pharmacists or pharmacists managing an internal-use pharmacy providing on-lending of medicinal products to provide patients, free of charge, with packaging intended for the colle…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conservatory measures.

Article R641-16

Goods, documents and effects exempted or extracted from seals by decision of the juge-commissaire shall be inventoried without delay with an estimate of their value by the person responsible for carry…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-16

The judge assigned may not sit on the panel or take part in its deliberations, failing which the judgment will be null and void.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Postal voting.

Article R713-16

As far as postal voting is concerned, the envelopes, ballot papers and candidate circulars constitute the instruments required for voting mentioned in 1° of article R. 713-14. An order of the supervis…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: The list of suitable candidates

Article R742-16

The Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, establishes each year, by order published in the Official Journal of the French Republic, the list of suitability for the profession of commercial court c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Court Registrars.

Article R741-16

Any commercial court clerk may refer the election of the members of the National Council to the Paris Court of Appeal within ten days of the proclamation of the results. The appeal shall be lodged wit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The National Council of Commercial Courts.

Article R721-16

The Board may only meet if the majority of its members are present. It may validly adopt a deliberation only with a majority of fourteen of its members.

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