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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-46

If, apart from the cases provided for in articles R. 612-8 and R. 612-45, the patent application is not formally in order with regard to the provisions of this title or the decree adopted for their ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Partnership with the Institution Nationale des Invalides under Article L. 6147-16

Article R6147-146

Co-operation between the army hospitals located in the Ile-de-France region and the National Invalids Institution aims to strengthen their complementarity in the field of care for the physically and p…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Purpose of approval.

Article R6312-13

Approval for both transport carried out as part of emergency medical aid and transport carried out on medical prescription may only be granted to natural or legal persons governed by private law and t…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article R811-28

Unless the knowledge they have acquired in the course of their professional experience is such as to make such verification unnecessary, the persons mentioned in article R. 811-27 shall appear before…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-11

The verbal presentation of a medicinal product is made by a person mentioned in Article L. 5122-11 and is accompanied by the hand-delivery by that person to the healthcare professional of: 1° The summ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inventories and national database of sources

Article R1333-158

I.-Any holder of radioactive sources, accelerators or electrical equipment emitting ionising radiation subject to one of the regimes mentioned in Articles L. 1333-8 or L. 1333-9 shall have an inventor…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R369

In articles R. 23, R. 23-1, R. 23-2 and R. 23-3, the words: "Caisse des dépôts et consignations" are replaced by the words: "recette des finances".

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R593-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of work and personal protection equipment.

Article R4535-6

When using work equipment and personal protective equipment, self-employed workers and employers working directly on a building or civil engineering site are subject to the following provisions: 1° Ge…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-16

The authorisation holder shall inform the Director General of the Agency of the commencement of the activity covered by the authorisation. He shall also inform him of the definitive cessation of this…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
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