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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual recognition procedure

Article R5121-51-1

…y will send this assessment report, together with the summary of product characteristics, labelling and package leaflet, to the States concerned and to the marketing authorisation holder within ninety…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual recognition procedure

Article R5121-51-2

…t report for the medicinal product, together with the summary of product characteristics, labelling and package leaflet, sent by the reference State, the Director General of the Agency has ninety days…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Implementing provisions

Article R4451-51

A joint order of the ministers responsible for labour and agriculture shall specify: 1° The work equipment or categories of work equipment and the type of sealed radioactive sources for which the empl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Temporary non-medical accommodation for pregnant women

Article R6111-55

…tablishment by motorised transport under normal conditions, corresponding to their health situation and in line with the gradation of care defined in articles R. 6123-39 to R. 6123-42. An order from t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: French Anti-Doping Agency

Article L232-5

I.-The French Anti-Doping Agency, an independent public authority, defines and implements actions to combat doping. To this end, it cooperates with the World Anti-Doping Agency and with the anti-dopin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article A53-5

…tronic seal in accordance with Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014, created using a qualified electronic seal creation device in acc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Granting of exploitation licences and collection of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-5

Organisations for the collective management of the rights of phonogram and videogram producers and performers are entitled, within the limits of mandates given to them either by all or some of their m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 186-5

The time limits relating to the length of pre-trial detention provided for in articles 145-1 to 145-3 are no longer applicable once the investigating judge has issued his order for referral to the tri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article L2143-5

Any person who, having reached the age of majority, wishes to have access to non-identifying data relating to the third-party donor or to the identity of the third-party donor shall contact the commis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Guarantee fund for policyholders against the failure of life and health insurance companies.

Article R423-5

…of the commitments as at the date of publication in the Journal officiel of the portfolio transfer and the assets accompanying this transfer. Within two months of the date of receipt of this request,…

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