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Showing 841850 of 64636 articles for Art. CE 12-5-2022 n° 416727 and CE 27-3-2020 n° 428234

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3-1: Marketing authorisation monitoring committee

Article R1313-27-4

…e shall meet at the request of the Director General of the Agency. It shall draw up its rules of procedure and submit them to the Director General of the Agency for approval. It shall inform the Board…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3-1: Marketing authorisation monitoring committee

Article R1313-27-1

…res with regard to marketing authorisations ; 2° The safety of use of products in relation to human and animal health and the environment; 3° The agronomic and socio-economic benefits of the various p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3-1: Marketing authorisation monitoring committee

Article D1313-27-2

The Monitoring Committee comprises between eleven and eighteen members. Its composition is set by joint order of the ministers responsible for the environment, health, labour, agriculture and consumer…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Administrative penalties

Article L232-23-3-12

Any person who receives a period of Ineligibility of more than four years may, after serving four years of such period of Ineligibility, participate as an athlete in local sporting events organised by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of tax officials responsible for certain judicial police missions

Article R15-33-29-12

…rosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal shall order the withdrawal or suspension, for a period not exceeding two years, of the authorisation to carry out judicial police missions, by order issued eithe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 121

The minutes of questioning and confrontation are drawn up in the forms provided for in articles 106 and 107.If an interpreter is used, the provisions of Article 102 shall apply. If the person under in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Interrogations and confrontations

Article 120

The investigating judge directs the questioning, confrontations and hearings. The public prosecutor and the lawyers for the parties and the assisted witness may ask questions or make brief observation…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Exemptions granted by the mayor.

Article L3132-27-1

The first paragraph of article L. 3132-25-4 is applicable to employees deprived of Sunday rest pursuant to article L. 3132-26.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-27-1

When the municipality's contribution to the department's social assistance expenditure for 1999 is paid by the public establishment for inter-municipal cooperation instead of the member municipality,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-5

…nagement company shall send the information mentioned in Article D. 214-32-7-6:1° To the company concerned ;2° To the shareholders of the company concerned whose identity and contact details are made…

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