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Showing 13511360 of 18855 articles for Art. CE 8-7-2005 n° 253291

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Standards and control

Article L4022-8

…osal from the Haute Autorité de santé and after obtaining the opinion of the Conseil national de la certification périodique, the Minister for Health shall determine the method for drawing up the peri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 requiring express authorisation involving the products mentioned in Articles L. 1125-1 to L. 1125-3

Article R1125-8

The application for authorisation relating to the research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 concerning the products mentioned in Article R. 1125-7 is sent to the Director General of the Agence nat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article R628-8

…include the items mentioned in the first two paragraphs of article L. 622-25 and in the first sentence of article R. 622-5 as well as in 2° of article R. 622-23. Where the holders of capital are affec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-8

…d and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 : 1° Any Community official in the service of an institution of the European Communities or of a body set up in accordance with the Treaties…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-8

…medicinal product subject to the provisions of Articles 5 and 86 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and Articles L. 5141-9 or L. 5141-10 without first obtaining the marketing authorisation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 80-4

During the course of the investigation into the causes of death or the causes of a disappearance mentioned in the articles 74 and 74-1, the investigating judge shall proceed in accordance with the pro…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II

Article L323-8

The reorganisation measures referred to in this section are measures taken, in France or in any Member State, by an administrative or judicial authority, intended to preserve or restore the financial…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D311-8

In the month following receipt of the complete application for classification, the body mentioned in Article L. 141-2 takes the decision to classify the property in the category for which the assessin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Services and products other than agricultural, forestry, food or seafood products

Article L433-8

The provisions of articles L. 433-3 to L. 433-7 are not applicable:1° To the certification of agricultural, forestry, food or sea products;2° To marketing authorisations for medicinal products for hum…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

…the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012,…

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