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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties of pharmacist-biologists.

Article R4235-76

A pharmacist-biologist may not open a medical biology analysis laboratory in a building where another medical biology analysis laboratory is already located without the agreement of the director(s) an…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-7

When the purchaser decides to require the contractor to subcontract part of his contract pursuant to 2° of article L. 2393-3, he shall indicate this in the contract notice in the form of percentages s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-7

A fine of 15,000 euros shall be imposed on the person responsible, as defined in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009, for placin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions.

Article L6355-7

Any person who has been convicted of a criminal offence constituting a breach of probity, good character or honour, may be fined up to €4,500 for performing, even de facto, a managerial, apprentice-te…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-7

1. An applicant for a patent who wishes to avail himself of the priority of an earlier filing shall be required to file a declaration of priority and to prove the existence of the earlier application…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-7

I. - The judgment initiating the proceedings entails, ipso jure, a prohibition on the payment of any claim arising prior to the opening judgment, with the exception of payment by way of set-off of rel…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Significant event

Article R4451-74

For the purposes of this sub-section, a significant event is any event likely to result in one of the limit values laid down in Articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8 being exceeded.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous measures relating to health organisation.

Article L6121-7

The National Committee for Health and Social Organisation comprises : 1° Representatives of local and regional authorities and social security bodies; 2° Representatives of health institutions and est…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Reporting healthcare-associated infections

Article R1413-79

Any healthcare professional or any legal representative of a healthcare establishment, medico-social establishment or service or autonomous cosmetic surgery facility must declare without delay to the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter

Article L230-7

For the purposes of sections 3 and 4 of chapter II of this title, doping is defined in article 1 of the World Anti-Doping Code, complicity in article 2 of that Code and doping control, athlete support…

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