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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-100

After registration, manufacturing methods and control techniques take account of scientific and technical progress. Any resulting changes must first be registered under the conditions set out in artic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-103

…the Agency will take all appropriate measures. Independently of suspension or withdrawal decisions and for the reasons that justify them, the Director General of the Agency may prohibit, as a precaut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-104

Registration of homeopathic medicinal products and traditional herbal medicinal products, as well as suspension and withdrawal of registration, are made available to the public by the Director General…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration conditions and formalities

Article A212-109

Candidates for the common part and the specific part of the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés must satisfy the conditions laid down in article D. 212-74 and provide an application file…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Registration conditions and formalities

Article A212-108

…SC1 or equivalent qualification is required for registration for the common part of the examination and for the selection tests. Candidates exempted from the examination for the common part must prese…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Nationality of natural persons

Article 1044

If a question of nationality is raised by a party before a court that considers that there is a preliminary question, the court shall refer that party to appeal to the competent judicial court within…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Nationality of natural persons

Article 1042

Any action whose principal object is to have a person declared to be or not to be a French national shall be brought by or against the public prosecutor without prejudice to the right of any intereste…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Nationality of natural persons

Article 1043

…tionality is referred to a court of law as an incidental question which it is not competent to hear and which is necessary for the resolution of the dispute, the case shall be communicated to the Publ…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Nationality of natural persons

Article 1045

The public prosecutor is required to act under the conditions of article 1042 if he is requested to do so by a public administration or by a third party who has raised the nationality objection before…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-10

A cheque written in both words and figures is only valid for the amount written in words in the event of a difference. Where a cheque is written more than once, either in words or in figures, the diff…

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