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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition of committees

Article R2522-11

…s normally devolved to the labour inspectorate, the committees or sections provided for in articles R. 2522-8 to R. 2522-10 also include a representative of the administration concerned. When the disp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-33

If the quality control has led to the reporting of a risk of incident as provided for in Article R. 5212-31, the operator shall notify the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-50-1

Any wholesale distributor, where he is not the marketing authorisation holder, who imports a veterinary medicinal product from another Member State shall inform the marketing authorisation holder and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Operation and wholesale distribution of veterinary medicinal products.

Article R5142-49-1

Pharmaceutical establishments carrying out one or more of the operations making up the operation must have a documentation system comprising the procedures and records covering the operations they car…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4452-9

…lter the levels of exposure to artificial optical radiation and in the case provided for in Article R. 4452-30. If exposure levels are measured, this is repeated at least every five years.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Resale rights

Article R122-2

The resale right provided for in

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure for calculating the amount of the advance

Article R2391-5

…the advance payment above 30% of the amount calculated in accordance with the provisions of article R. 2391-4. In this case, it may make payment conditional upon the provision of a first demand guaran…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-22

Claims that are not mentioned in article R. 613-20 may, by way of derogation from the provisions of article 66 of decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 mentioned above, be declared until the expiry o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The decision on the admissibility of the application and the examination of the conditions of detention

Article R249-21

Within ten days of receipt of the application sent to him in accordance with article R. 249-20, the judge shall rule on its admissibility by means of a reasoned order in accordance with the second and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Legal costs

Article R427

The first paragraph of Article R. 234 is worded as follows: "In the case of a certified statement or statement of account, the accounting officer assigned before payment or the stakeholder, within a p…

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