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Showing 47014710 of 40353 articles for Art. 25-3 et seq.

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1511-38

…edit institution or finance company either from its own funds or from those of the guarantee funds set up with it may not exceed 50%. The guarantee of the credit institution or finance company combine…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK IV: SAINT-PIERRE AND MIQUELON

Article R6451-3

The President of the Territorial Council signs an agreement with the Prefect of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon relating to the implementation of teletransmission.The agreement includes the reference of the…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: National competition.

Article R6152-307

…nted by order of the Director General of the Centre national de gestion des praticiens hospitaliers et des personnels de direction de la fonction publique hospitalière. They may not sit for two consec…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-3

…opinion and the investigation has been authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, where applicable, any substantial modification at the initiative of the sp…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-18-3

Where the trader has not reimbursed all of the sums paid by the consumer under the conditions set out in articles L. 224-25-22 and L. 224-25-23, the total amount outstanding is automatically increased…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article 30-21

…822-1 du code de commerce ou parmi les experts inscrits sur une des listes établies par les cours et tribunaux.They are appointed, where applicable, by the president of the tribunal judiciaire, ruli…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Duties of pharmacists or veterinary surgeons in charge.

Article R5142-34

…irector General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail a copy of any document appointing the pharmacist or veterinarian in charge and the int…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures.

Article R5211-35

For the purposes of placing a custom-made medical device on the market, the manufacturer shall follow the procedure defined in Article R. 5211-51. The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécur…

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

Article R5212-32

In the case of external quality control, the return to conformity of the devices is certified by the compliant results of a second quality control carried out on the device in accordance with the prov…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-3

…placed by the words "the healthcare professional".3° The third paragraph of Article L. 1111-6 is deleted;4° In Article L. 1111-7 :a) For its application in French Polynesia, in the first paragraph, th…

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