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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts.

Article R232-24

As soon as the filing provided for in Article R. 232-23 has been made, the clerk of the commercial court shall cause to be published in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales a not…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Role of health care institutions

Article R1221-41

At the request of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, the establishments mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 1221-40 shall collect and keep all the info…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-54

At the same time as the documents provided for in 2° of Article R. 713-35, the election organisation commission shall send all voters an instruction relating to the procedures for accessing the electr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Points of entry to the territory

Article R3115-17

The major seaports mentioned inarticle R. 5312-1 of the French Transport Code have the status of territorial entry points.For Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayotte, Saint-Bart…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial and statistical monitoring

Article R5134-20

For the sole purpose mentioned in 3° of article R. 5134-18 , agents of the bodies mentioned in article L. 262-16 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family Code), design…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R5121-156

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° Records any adverse reaction suspected to be due to a medicinal product or to a product mentioned in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the Advisory Committee

Article R7124-23

…vidual authorisation, approval or renewal of approval, and provided that the file submitted is complete, the administrative authority defined in article R. 7124-1 will notify the interested parties :…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-87

…arcotics during their manufacture or, in the case of drug dependence or abuse as defined in article R. 5132-97, may require control at certain stages of their marketing. The provisions of this sub-sec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
1. Functions.

Article R6152-32

…with their temporary travel for service purposes or, without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 6152-72 for hospital practitioners practising in the overseas departments, Mayotte, Saint-Barthél…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R287

For the application of article R. 53-40, the references made to the highway code, the public health code, the forestry code, the code of public houses and the rural and maritime fishing code are only…

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