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Showing 47414750 of 5857 articles for Art. 12 juill. 2018

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-9

…nce system is applied.For establishments or organisations holding an authorisation under Article L. 1243-2, the person responsible is the same as that mentioned in Article R. 1243-12.When an establish…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article R713-9

…ctors provided for in Article R. 713-1 and until the fortieth day before the last day of voting, at 12 noon.The declaration of candidacy shall state the surname, first names, gender, date and place of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-6

…té du médicament et des produits de santé makes use of the derogation mentioned in V of article L. 5121-12-1, the compassionate prescription framework is accompanied by a protocol for therapeutic use…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority

Article R7345-10

…aid down by articles L. 7343-5 to L. 7343-11; 8° It communicates, in application of article L. 7343-12 , the names of the representatives appointed by the organisations recognised as representative of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-28

I.-For the medical devices mentioned in article R. 5212-26, the operator is required :1° Keep a regularly updated inventory of the devices it operates, mentioning for each of them the common and comme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for selecting health care organisations

Article R6113-57

…gency with a view to implementing the penalty provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 6113-12. The Director General of the Regional Health Agency may order the institution to pay a penalty to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-22

…er 2010 on local authority reform and prior to Law no. 2017-1837 of 30 December 2017 on finance for 2018 shall receive in 2020, 2021 and 2022 allocations under the three fractions of the rural solidar…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 nonies

…ement system has been certified to the international standard ISO 50001 by an accredited body tonne 12 12 17 18 20 22 25 B.-Authorised plants with NOx emission values below 80 mg/Nm3 tonne 12 12 17 18…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Preliminary sub-section: Provisions applicable to unfair commercial practices other than misleading or aggressive commercial practices

Article L132-1 A

…ursuant to Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2017/2394 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2017 on cooperation between national authorities responsible for the enforcement of cons…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-6

…ate issued pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters is also notified by t…

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