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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Authorisation of establishments

Article R1261-25

Any training, research or health establishment which receives corpses for the purposes of medical teaching and research shall hold an authorisation issued by the ministers responsible for the establis…

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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 R2141-26

Any health establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or medical biology laboratory mentioned in article R. 2141-25 and which imports or exports gametes from donations for the purposes of m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article R7124-13

Requests for opinions are notified to the President of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council for Culture and Education by the President of the Assembly of French Guyana.These notifications ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and meetings.

Article R5312-16

The Board of Directors may only validly deliberate if at least ten of its members are present. If this number is not reached, the Board is reconvened within fifteen days. It may then validly deliberat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Students

Article R5221-26

Foreign nationals holding a residence permit or visa for a stay of more than three months, as referred to in 11° of article R. 5221-2 and bearing the word "student", are authorised to work in an emplo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Contraceptives other than medicines and condoms.

Article R5134-12

Advertising to the public for a product or object defined in article R. 5134-11 :1° Is designed in such a way that the advertising nature of the message is obvious ;2° Contains at least :a) The name o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R286

For the application of article R. 51-1, the references to registration in the "trade and companies register" and the "register in which liens and security interests are registered" are replaced by ref…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-3

I.-When the court appoints at least a second judicial representative as liquidator pursuant to the provisions of Article L. 641-1-2, the number of secondary establishments mentioned in 1° of Article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Veterinary medicinal products

Article R1453-10

Companies producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products or providing services associated with these products shall make public, under the conditions defined in this section: 1° The information…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-3

I.-A foreign national who has been granted a work permit as provided for in article R. 5221-1 may, in accordance with the terms of the permit, carry out paid employment in France if he/she holds one o…

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