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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Criminal penalties

Article R1336-16

Natural persons are also liable to the additional penalty of confiscation of the sound systems or equipment used to commit the offence.Legal entities found liable, under the conditions set out inartic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-42

When the administrator's and judicial representative's end-of-assignment reports have been approved, the proceedings are the subject of a closure order issued by the president of the court.This decisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.

Article R644-3

The decision by which the official receiver rules on challenges to the statement of claims supplemented by the proposed distribution shall be subject to the publicity measures provided for in Article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R3252-4

The thresholds and adjustments provided for in articles R. 3252-2 and R. 3252-3 are revised annually by decree on the basis of changes in the consumer price index, excluding tobacco, for urban househo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Import and export of gametes and germ tissue for the purposes of medically assisted procreation, fertility preservation or restoration of hormonal function

Article R2141-25

Only establishments, organisations, health cooperation groups and laboratories authorised to carry out the biological activities of medically assisted procreation mentioned in 2° of article R. 2142-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
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Article R2213-6

For each request for an opinion, the health care institution referred to in article R. 2213-1 keeps the medical records sent by the attending doctor, the certificates referred to in article R. 2213-5,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Embryo research

Article R2151-12

Any establishment or organisation that carries out embryo research is required to keep the protocol provided for in Article L. 2151-5, the documents attesting to the collection of the consents referre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Application to army hospitals and army blood transfusion centres

Article R4211-52

For the application of the provisions of sub-sections 1 to 4a, army hospitals are considered to be health establishments and the Minister for Defence exercises, with regard to them and the army blood…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Cessation of registration on the jobseekers' list.

Article R5411-18

The person concerned is notified of the reasoned decision by the regional director of Pôle emploi to cease registration on the jobseekers' list or to change category. Any person wishing to contest the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-136

The provisions of this section apply to the import and export of : 1° Medicinal products classified as narcotics or to which the narcotics regulations apply in whole or in part ; 2° Medicinal products…

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