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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Management of old or orphan radioactive sources

Article R1333-101

…L. 542-12 du code de l'environnement ;3° If the person responsible fails to act…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article R773-19

…e same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 532-1 to R. 532-3n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 532-4No. 2020-1148 of 17 September 2020R. 532-6n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article R774-19

…e same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 532-1 to R. 532-3n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 532-4No. 2020-1148 of 17 September 2020R. 532-6n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article R775-18

…e same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 532-1 to R. 532-3n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017R. 532-4No. 2020-1148 of 17 September 2020R. 532-6n° 2017-1253 of 9 August 2017…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Protocol for therapeutic use and patient monitoring

Article R5121-74-5

…ay not be required. II.-The prescribing doctors and pharmacists or persons mentioned in article L. 5126-10 concerned and, in the case of a compassionate access authorisation granted in application of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-1

…olynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.Articles L. 3211-11-1, L. 3211-2-3, L. 3211-12-1, L. 3211-12-7, L. 3212-5, L. 3212-7, L. 3212-8, L. 3214-1, L. 3215-1 and L. 3215-2 shall apply…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-4

An action brought in accordance with Regulation (EU) 608/2013 of 12 June 2013 by the trade mark proprietor on the basis of the provisions of Article L. 713-3-2 shall be inadmissible if, in the course…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-13

…n article 689-1 of this code any person guilty of or complicit in a crime defined in 9° of article 212-1 or in Article 221-12 of the Criminal Code when this offence constitutes an enforced disappearan…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixed installations

Article R312-9

…subject of the application for approval of a sports arena subject to the provisions of articles L. 312-5 and L. 312-12, the owner sends an application for approval to the Prefect of the département in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing procedures.

Article L3232-3

…uct of the amount of the minimum growth wage as set in application of articles L. 3231-2 to L. 3231-12, multiplied by the number of hours corresponding to the legal weekly working time for the month i…

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