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Showing 851860 of 69500 articles for Art. 515-6 al. 1 and al. 2

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Registration of homeopathic medicines.

Article R5141-66-1

…ce nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail becomes null and void if it appears : 1° That it is not followed by the marketing of the homeopathic veterinary m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-6-1

…sworn goods broker has been appointed to draw up the inventory, it shall be drawn up by the debtor and certified by an auditor or attested by a chartered accountant. The provisions of the fourth para…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 135-2

…r gendarmerie services begin to detain the person. During this detention, the provisions of article 133-1 shall apply. Detention may not last more than twenty-four hours. The person shall be brought a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-61

…ent of partial or total annulment which has become final of the elections of the consular delegates and unless this annulment is pronounced less than one year before a general renewal, a new ballot sh…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-60

The election of consular delegates may be contested by any voter and by the prefect under the conditions set out in articles L. 248, R. 119 to R. 122 of the electoral code. However, the five-day perio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Election of consular delegates

Article R713-62

…he same applies to the application of the order provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 713-61.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-60-1

The pharmaceutical establishment of a company or organisation mentioned in Article R. 5124-2 engaged in wholesale, free transfer or wholesale distribution shall verify that the medicinal products rece…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-6-15

…e victims' assistance associations that have been granted general competence pursuant to article D. 1-12-1 and, where appropriate, court officials or agents. The task of the victim support office is t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R310-6-1

Undertakings authorised in France as referred to in Article L. 310-1 and III of Article L. 310-1-1 and supplementary occupational pension funds must inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de ré…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-66-1

…ding judge of the summary proceedings panel or the adjudication panel may have devoted to rereading and signing the decisions mentioned in g of 2° of article R. 1423-55 is set at fifteen minutes per c…

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