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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article R7227-28

…d L. 5213-2 of the Labour Code or who may claim the benefit of the provisions of articles L. 5212-1 et seq. of the same code, or who may claim the benefit of article L. 241-3 of the Code de l'action s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-12

…pharmaceutical establishment belonging to the companies and organisations mentioned in 1° to 3° of R. 5124-2 must be notified to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de sant…

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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 Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-44

The proof and declaration of a change of address provided for in article 706-25-7 shall be made by means of any document less than three months old in the name of the person concerned establishing the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-20

…ng purposes, refer to a time horizon or use a risk measure other than those provided for in Article R. 352-2, provided that the results produced by their internal model enable them to calculate the So…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Commission de conciliation et d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales.

Article R1142-7

…rative judges, the appointment is made on the recommendation of the Vice-President of the Conseil d'Etat.The magistrates mentioned above may be seconded to the Office national d'indemnisation des acci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-68

Amendments concerning the data mentioned in the application and dossier provided for in articles R. 5141-63 and R. 5141-64 are submitted for approval to the Director General of the Agence nationale de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Approval of professional associations

Article R513-27

…shall send the report referred to in II of Article L. 513-5 to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. This report contains a copy of the balance sheet and profit and loss account for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article R5141-96

…irector General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail shall inform the European Medicines Agency, the other Member States of the European Un…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Universal guarantee fund for rental risks

Article R426-10

When the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution considers that the rights of insurance undertakings are threatened by the insufficient quality of the assets mobilised pursuant to Article R.…

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