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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-1-1

…nt Code, to which the producers of perforating medical devices referred to in 3° of article R. 1335-8-1 of the present code are subject, subject to II of the present article, and defines the procedure…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Simplified procedure

Article 495-1

…of the fine incurred but may not exceed €5,000. The penalties provided for in Articles 131-5 to 131-8-1 of the Penal Code may be imposed; however, community service may only be imposed if the person h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-10

I.-The contractual agents mentioned in article L. 1313-8 : 1° Are bound by professional secrecy and discretion under the same conditions as those defined in article 26 of title I of the general status…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Provisions applicable to certain uses of works of visual art in the context of research and higher education activities

Article L139-1

Under the conditions provided for in articles L. 324-8-1 to L. 324-8-6, the contract by which an approved collective management organisation authorises the reproduction and representation of the works…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-6

…r guarantee mechanism instituted by Article L. 322-5. Articles L. 312-5, L. 312-6, L. 312-8, L. 312-8-1, L. 312-9 to L. 312-15, 3°, 4°, 5°, 7° and 9° of Article L. 312-16 and Article L. 312-18 apply t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Title V: Health products composed in whole or in part of genetically modified organisms.

Article L5150-1

Articles L. 125-3, L. 531-1 to L. 531-3-2, L. 533-1 to L. 533-8, L. 535-1 to L. 535-9, L. 536-1 to L. 536-5, L. 536-8 and L. 537-1 of the Environment Code apply to the products mentioned in Article L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Mortuary rooms (R).

Article R2223-95

…of the head of the establishment, under the conditions provided for in 2° and 3° of article R. 2213-8-1 and in article R. 2213-9. When the transfer referred to in the previous paragraph is to a mortua…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter XIII: Criminal records

Article 874

For the application of article 768, the powers of the national criminal record are exercised by the registry of each court of first instance, which receives, in respect of persons born in the district…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights attached to the deposit

Article L622-7

…19, L. 615-2, L. 615-3, L. 615-5, L. 615-5-1-1, L. 615-5-2, L. 615-7, L. 615-7-1, L. 615-8, L. 615-8-1, L. 615-10 and L. 615-17 shall apply to the conditions and forms in which:-decisions of the Dire…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Organisations authorised to conclude contracts that may be extended to rightsholders who are not members of the organisation

Article R329-13

…sing the exploitation of protected works or objects under the conditions set out in Articles L. 324-8-1 et seq; >The resources deployed to deal with the effects of extending a contract authorising the…

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