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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 14: Inclusion on the list of medicinal products for officinal use

Article R5121-204

…uspend or remove the registration of a medicinal product from the list provided for in article R. 5121-202 if the conditions laid down in this article are no longer met or for any public health reason…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Entertainment, advertising and fashion professions

Article R7523-2

For the application of article R. 7122-31 in Mayotte: 1° Le b du 1° est remplacé par les dispositions suivantes: " b) Article 1er du décret n° 98-1162 du 16 décembre 1998 et article R. 243-13 du code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Institutional medical conference

Article R6164-2

…atters: 1° Analysis reports on undesirable events, in particular those mentioned in article L. 6161-2, which have occurred in the health care organisation; 2° The planning of works, the refurbishment…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Retailers' cooperative societies.

Article L124-2

Cooperative societies of dispensing pharmacists may not refuse their services in emergencies, to non-associated dispensing pharmacists and to all public or private establishments where patients are tr…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Obligations of the insurer

Article L175-25

In the event of compensation for total loss, deemed total loss or negotiated total loss of the aircraft, the proceeds from the salvage of the wreckage are acquired by the insurer, without necessarily…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2161-24

The purchaser defines its needs and requirements in the contract notice and, where appropriate, in a functional programme or a partially defined project.The arrangements for the dialogue, the award cr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: MUNICIPAL ASSETS

Article L2242-2

When a gift or bequest is made to a hamlet or district that does not constitute a section of a commune, the municipal council decides whether to accept the donation.If it is accepted, the commune mana…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and activities

Article L511-2

Credit institutions and finance companies may also, under conditions defined by the Minister for the Economy, acquire and hold equity interests after prior authorisation from the Autorité de contrôle…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3121-28

Any hour worked in excess of the legal weekly working time or the time considered to be equivalent is overtime and entitles the employee to additional pay or, where applicable, equivalent time off in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2191-25

Where the contract provides for its performance and the payments to which it gives rise to to be staggered, no debt may become due and no default interest may begin to accrue before the dates provided…

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