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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-51-8

…all refer the members practising the profession to the disciplinary chamber provided for in Article L. 422-10.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-1-5

The deliberation referred to in the first paragraph of IVa of article L. 324-1-1 specifies, on the basis of an analysis of the specific situation of the municipality: 1° The principles for implementin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-5-7

…with no or limited access to water intended for human consumption, as provided for in 3° of article L. 2224-7-3, may be carried out by making data relating to the geographical location of water supply…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-2

…the information provided by the sponsor in the application for authorisation referred to in article L. 1123-8 and accepted by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. T…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Duty to comply

Article R752-44-5

…tment. The prefectoral order authorising an organisation pursuant to the first paragraph of article L. 752-23 is published in the prefecture's recueil des actes administratifs. It bears an identificat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer research

Article R6123-91-5

…rdance with the guidelines defined by the National Cancer Institute in application of 2° of Article L. 1415-2, including information about temporary or permanent side-effects, the impact on quality of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article R464-5-4

In order to be granted total or partial exemption from pecuniary penalties, the applicant must meet all of the following conditions: 1° The applicant must end its involvement in the prohibited practic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: CONSUMER INFORMATION

Article R111-4-5

I.-For the application of Article L. 111-4-1, the following sports and leisure articles are subject to the provisions of this article: 1° Bicycles, as defined in Article 1 of Decree no. 2016-364 of 29…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Disciplinary powers

Article R612-51-1

When, in the cases provided for in the eleventh paragraph of Article L. 612-39 and in the last paragraph of B of I of Article L. 612-40 where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution has p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3b: Hybrid specialities

Article R5121-9-5

…view to their inclusion in the register of hybrid groups mentioned in the last paragraph of Article L. 5121-10, hybrid medicinal products are identified by a decision of the Director General of the Ag…

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