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Showing 65816590 of 8984 articles for Art. n° 22-18436 · AFNOR NF K 12-500

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Managing Director.

Article R1413-15

…aragraph of article L. 1413-1 and those of article R. 1413-17, which do not fall within the remit conferred on the Board of Directors by article R. 1413-12 and within the limits set by the Board of Di…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-150

…igilance is carried out :1° For medicinal products and for products which must be covered by the marketing authorisation provided for in article L. 5121-8, after this authorisation has been issued;2°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-23

If, within the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeal, there is no sworn broker specialising in a given category of goods, or if this broker refuses, the court may appoint a broker in the speciality in q…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Time limits and forms of appeal

Article 380-13

…ded for in the third paragraph of article 380-12 and appended to the deed drawn up by the court clerk.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional leagues

Article L132-1-2

…s in their relations with the administration. The Republican Commitment Contract includes an undertaking by the professional leagues to participate in the promotion and dissemination of the principles…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-10

…im, the insurer is required, on pain of relative nullity of any settlement that may be reached, to inform the victim that he may obtain from the insurer, on simple request, a copy of the police or gen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Grant of cinematographic representation rights

Article L213-13

…ions subject to special pricing for social, educational or film promotion purposes, which are not taken into account for the purposes of this article ; 2° The number of weeks following the cinema rele…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Pre-contractual information for borrowers

Article L341-1

…second paragraph, a creditor who grants credit without providing the borrower with pre-contractual information under the conditions set out in article L. 312-12 or, for account overdraft transactions,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information by the French services

Article 695-9-35

The information obtained may be used for purposes other than those for which it was communicated only with the agreement of the Member State which transmitted it. However, even in the absence of agree…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Transmission of the request by the public prosecutor.

Article 728-20

When the sentenced person is on the territory of the executing State, the public prosecutor may ask the competent authority of that State, when forwarding the sentencing decision and the certificate,…

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