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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-40

…mission of the Regional Conference on Health and Autonomy in the cases provided for in Articles L. 6122-9, L. 6122-12 and L. 6122-13, includes the reasons for this decision and is sent to the applican…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…risk sub-module according to the standard formula without the option provided for in Article R. 352-12, the standard parameters to be used for the shares referred to in Article 173 of Commission Deleg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article 706-47

…5-7-1 of the same code; 7° Offences involving recourse to prostitution provided for in articles 225-12-1 and 225-12-2 of the same code; 8° Offence of corruption of minors provided for in Article 227-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72-1

…ithdraw an early access authorisation when one of the conditions set out in I and II of article L. 5121-12 is no longer met or for any of the reasons mentioned in 3° of VI of the same article. II.-Whe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mediation

Article R7345-21

…ment Platforms Social Relations Authority by a representative appointed pursuant to Article L. 7343-12, evidence that he has received a mandate from one or more self-employed workers mentioned in Arti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special control rules.

Article L1246-1

…ilm production and sound recording publishing sectors, the control agents mentioned in article L. 8112-1 as well as the agents of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the regional cultu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article R4515-1

…rate of the statement of hours spent carrying out the operation, as provided for in article R. 4511-12 ; 2° Prior joint inspection as provided for in articles R. 4512-2 to R. 4512-5 ; 3° The preventio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-5

…graphs of Article L. 1432-2; 4° Articles L. 1432-3, L. 1432-5 to L. 1432-7 and L. 1432-8 to L. 1432-12 ; 5° The last paragraph of Article L. 1434-6;6° The second, fifth and ninth paragraphs of article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional obligations

Article R422-55

The request for exemption referred to in 3° of Article L. 422-12 shall be sent to the Minister responsible for industrial property or, by delegation, to the Director of the National Institute of Indus…

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

Article 509-11

…isdiction the domicile of the plaintiff or defendant is situated, in compliance with Article L. 211-12 of the Code of Judicial Organisation when the decision was given in relation to the international…

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