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Showing 67416750 of 40360 articles for Art. R. 512-46-25 et s.

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R4211-36

I. - The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé will notify the applicant of his decision within ninety days from the date of receipt of the applic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms and conditions of exercise.

Article R4623-14

…cian personally carries out all of his duties, within the framework of the tasks defined in article R. 4623-1. These duties are exclusive of any other function in the establishments for which he is re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Preliminary provisions

Article R1143-3

…ing to legal experts or from the list of approved doctors referred to in article L. 1142-11 and competent in the pathology or pathologies likely to be attributable to the health product in question ;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Accounts, deposit of funds, controls and miscellaneous provisions

Article R814-35

…he judicial court within whose jurisdiction he has his professional domicile, for all of his mandates. He sends the same statements to the clerk's office of the commercial court and, where applicable,…

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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 R338

A article R. 187, after the words "public prosecutor", the following words are inserted: ", subject to the regulatory provisions relating to members of the gendarmerie acting as bailiffs".

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article R418

A article R. 187, after the words "public prosecutor", the following words are inserted: ", subject to the regulatory provisions relating to members of the gendarmerie acting as bailiffs".

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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 R350

A in article R. 218, the words: "in accordance with the procedures and under the guarantees provided for criminal fines" are replaced by the words: "as for criminal, correctional and police court fees…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-17

The magistrate mentioned in Article R. 53-16 and, at his request, the members of the committee provided for in the same article shall have permanent access to the file and to the place where it is loc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition and operation

Article R5112-18

…and applications for assistance from the Departmental Fund for Integration provided for in article R. 5132-44 ; 2° Determining the nature of the actions to be taken to promote integration through eco…

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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 R302

Article R. 77 shall read as follows: "Art. R. 77.-Before drawing up bulletin no. 1 for a natural person, the clerk of the court of first instance shall check the civil status of the person concerned;…

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