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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-49

…of Article 20(4) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, urgent action is essential to protect human health or the environment, pending a final d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-807-2

…ined under the conditions set out in article R. 6152-807-4. The practitioner's option is made by 31 March of the following year at the latest and is irrevocable. The days mentioned in 1° are deducted…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quality control

Article D6221-21

…assessment bodies to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by 31 March of the following year at the latest.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Combating mental illness

Article L3844-2

…3222-5-1 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-46 of 22 January 2022 strengthening health crisis management tools and amending the Public Heal…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-103

…t control one of these companies or an operator.5° Undertake to maintain their activity in 2021 and 2022.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article L441-3

…from that referred to in I of this article. The provisions of IV of this article relating to the 1 March deadline do not apply to this agreement. The expiry or termination of the agreement referred t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-27

…ct to prior approval. Approval is granted if the conditions set out in articles L. 212-28 to L. 212-30 are met. The details of the application for approval, the duration and the procedures for issuing…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: House arrest or administrative detention

Article L753-1

…e subject of a deportation decision, a penalty of ban from French territory pursuant to article 131-30 of the penal code or an administrative ban from French territory for the time strictly necessary…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of works and objects to which copyright or related rights are attached

Article R331-13

…mmunication audiovisuelle et numérique designated pursuant to IV of article 4 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication or by an agent authorised and sworn pursuant…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R541-1

…PPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION R. 512-1 to R. 512-5, R. 512-7 to R. 512-21, R. 512-23, R. 512-30, R. 512-31, R. 512-35, R. 512-37 and R. 512-38Resulting from décret n° 2018-1116 du 10 décembre 2…

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