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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Psychotropic substances and preparations

Article R5132-88

…cial and industrial operations relating to substances or preparations classified as psychotropic by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure.

Article R5141-47-11

…oduct from the market in order to protect human or animal health or the environment pending a final decision under the Community arbitration procedure, he shall inform the European Commission and the…

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

Article R5141-47-7

…oduct characteristics, package leaflet and labelling of the veterinary medicinal product concerned. Decisions to grant, automatically vary, suspend or revoke a marketing authorisation are made public,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article L321-3

…rights granted to them under this code, notably as regards information, participation in collective decisions and control of the organisation.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article L424-12

…e time limit for issuing the multiannual residence permit provided for in Article L. 424-9 from the decision granting the benefit of subsidiary protection by the French Office for the Protection of Re…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-2

This decision is taken for a maximum period of four months. It may only be renewed under the same conditions of form and duration, without the total duration of the interception exceeding one year or,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Taking of evidence

Article 440

…d or ordered to pay costs for non-appearance may, at the latest within five days of service of this decision made on his person or at his domicile file an objection.The right of appeal is open to him…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and constitution.

Article L2131-6

In the event of voluntary dissolution, dissolution under the Articles of Association or dissolution by court order, the assets of the Association shall be distributed in accordance with the Articles o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of control officers

Article R411-5

…longer performs the duties for which he or she was commissioned. It is also terminated by reasoned decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée when the conditions…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R322-26

…ing at which it will take place within a period of between two and four months from the date of his decision. The judge determines the terms and conditions for visiting the property at the request of…

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