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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Applications from trade unions and associations

Article R7343-24

…A declaration on honour by the representative of this organisation certifying that his candidacy meets the requirements laid down in article L. 7343-6 and specifying the sector(s) of activity in whic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-26-1

…re a supervisory authority of another Member State transmits to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution a proposal similar to those mentioned in II or III of Article R. 356-26 with respec…

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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 R269

A article R. 43, after the first paragraph, the following paragraph is inserted: "If the accused resides on an island that is not served by a regular postal service, he must pay the fine and the fixed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-51

Where the settlement consists of the payment of a settlement fine, payment is made to an accountant of the Directorate-General of Public Finance and exclusively, by way of derogation from Article 25 o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Secure detention

Article R53-8-55

…anisation of the medico-socio-judicial security centres, as well as the conditions under which the detainees' lawyers and the judicial authority have access to information relating to the care of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Involvement of the guarantee fund

Article R421-51

…request for payment corresponding to the part of the transferee's commitments not covered by the assets transferred. The amount of this request is calculated on the basis of the commitments as at the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-4

…raph of Article L. 1221-8-2, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall immediately inform the establishment preparing the product. He shall…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1245-33

…alth made on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Agence de la bi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Multi-annual territorial plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency

Article R1441-19

…al plan for risk management and healthcare system efficiency is implemented by means of a contract between the Prefect of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the Director of the Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon Social…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-114

…opy of the authorisation to import by a means other than personal transport, referred to in article R. 5121-109, or a copy of the compassionate access authorisation under II of article L. 5121-12-1 gr…

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