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

Article R6111-55

…avel time. This accommodation may also be offered to pregnant women who, due to objective circumstances, in particular climatic or road traffic conditions, are more than forty-five minutes away from t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-55

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article 111 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 modififiée relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, l'accès aux données mentionnées à l'articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members

Article D5211-5

…his same article L. 5211-13. Transport costs are covered under the conditions defined by the décret n° 2006-781 du 3 juillet 2006 fixant les conditions et les modalités de règlement des frais occasion…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L381-5

…L. 310-25 and of Chapters III, VI, VII and VIII of Title II of this Book, applicable to life insurance and capitalisation companies, apply to supplementary occupational pension funds.Supplementary occ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-8

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or the applicant for marketing authorisation may refer the matter to the European Medicines Agency with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-9

…l refer the matter to the European Medicines Agency for application of the Community arbitration procedure before a decision is taken on the granting, variation, suspension or withdrawal of the market…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-11

At the end of the Community arbitration procedure implemented in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 5121-51-8 and R. 5121-51-9, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Aid for healthcare provision in areas with health deficits

Article D1511-54

The annual amount of the study and professional project allowance, provided for in II of article L. 1511-8 of this code, allocated by the local authorities, alone or jointly, may not exceed the annual…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-54-1

…the intercommunal equalisation fund mentioned in Article L. 2573-51. The amount is set by the Finance Act.A Conseil d'Etat decree specifies the terms and conditions for the application of this articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article Annexe 3-5

Ability test provided for in article R. 321-67 Legal subjects Voluntary and judicial sales: concepts and distinctions; applicable texts. Taxation. Resale rights. Intervention by the State: right of pr…

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