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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-6

At the end of the procedures provided for in this sub-section, the marketing authorisation is issued or varied by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article L721-5

Any operator who so requests is automatically a member of the defence and management body as long as it complies with the approved specifications. An operator may only use a geographical indication if…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 511-3

The companies and organisations are either holders of exploitation rights or a distribution mandate for the cinematographic works that are the subject of the application and provide proof of a right o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Access to documents and supporting documents.

Article L6362-5

…article L. 6361-2 are required, with regard to the monitoring agents referred to in article L. 6361-5 : 1° Present the documents and records establishing the origin of the income and funds received as…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions adapting Book IV.

Article L924-5

The last paragraph of III of article L. 442-5 is replaced by the following four paragraphs: "The investigating judge or the court hearing the case may order the advertising to cease, either at the req…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Import and export for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1235-5

…mports or exports organs for therapeutic purposes, including biomedical research within the meaning of Article L. 1121-1, shall ensure that these organs have been removed in compliance with standards…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: National Committee for Medical Assessment.

Article D1414-50

The National Committee for Medical Evaluation comprises :1° The President of the Académie nationale de médecine ;2° The President of the Ordre National des Médecins ;3° The President of the Conference…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-5

Under the conditions and subject to the reservations defined in articles 63-2 to 63-4-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the person placed in customs detention has the right to be examined by a doct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-5

Analyses enabling identification by genetic fingerprint in the context of the legal proceedings referred to inarticle 16-11 of the Civil Code must be subject to quality control organised by the Nation…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: Special provisions relating to general insurance in the départements of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle

Article L191-5

In the event of breach of an obligation incumbent on the insured after the occurrence of the loss, the insured shall only be liable for forfeiture in the event of gross negligence or wilful default on…

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