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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture of and trade in beverages

Article R3322-3

For the purposes of article L. 3322-9 , festivals and fairs that do not meet the criteria set out in article R. 3322-1 are considered to be new.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-3

The board of directors, the management board or the managers of the companies referred to in article R. 232-2, as the case may be, draw up: 1° Semi-annually, within four months of the close of each ha…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article R133-32

Communes may be designated as tourist communes if they : a) Have a listed tourist office responsible for the area for which the application for designation is made; b) Organise events during tourist p…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section: Economic and financial control of the "Health Data Platform".

Article R1462-3

I.-Subject to the provisions of article R. 1462-4, the following are subject to the prior opinion of the supervisory authority, in accordance with the conditions laid down by order of the ministers re…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-34

I.- A decision to refuse authorisation or, when the provisions of the fourth paragraph of article L. 6122-10 are applied, to refuse authorisation renewal may only be taken for one or more of the follo…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article R512-32

Laboratories other than those mentioned in article R. 512-31 may be authorised to carry out analyses or tests, subject to approval.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Conduct of the procedure

Article R631-37

Articles R. 626-52 to D. 626-65 are applicable to receivership proceedings. The administrator, with the assistance of the debtor, exercises the prerogatives vested in the latter.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Tattooing products.

Article R5437-3

Repeated offences under article R. 5437-1 are punishable in accordance with articles 132-11 and 132-15 of the French Penal Code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-39

Applications for plant variety certificates are entered in the register of applications in chronological order, immediately after the application is filed. For each application, the entry includes in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Declarations to be made by natural persons

Article R123-38

The natural person also declares, with regard to his activity and establishment:1° The activity or activities carried out corresponding to the nomenclature of activities defined by decree, possibly sp…

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