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Showing 361370 of 31508 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 19-5-1999 n° 97-18.057

French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exits and clearances

Article R4462-19

In premises where pyrotechnic activities are carried out, exits and clearances must comply with the following specific requirements: 1° There may be no fewer than two exits where these must allow the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-19

I.-With a view to providing the service referred to in Article L. 321-1.2, investment service providers other than portfolio management companies shall adopt and apply procedures to ensure that client…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Changes in scope and organisation.

Article L5211-19

A commune may withdraw from the public establishment for intercommunal cooperation, except in the case of an urban community or a metropolis, under the conditions laid down in article L. 5211-25-1, wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Roads (R).

Article R5215-19

Each year, the mayor notifies the chairman of the community council of the programme of maintenance work that the town council decides to have carried out on the roads temporarily retained by the comm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inspection of permanent electrical installations

Article R4226-19

The results of the inspections provided for in articles R. 4226-14 and R. 4226-16, together with details of the work and modifications carried out to remedy any defects found, are recorded in a regist…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-190

Exceptionally, after consultation with the managing pharmacist, by decision of the director of the health establishment or the administrator of the Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire, departments may…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-191

In health establishments and health cooperation groups authorised under article L. 6133-7 to carry out the tasks of these establishments which do not have an in-house pharmacy which hold blood-derived…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-195

The registers or records provided for in articles R. 5121-185 to R. 5121-193 are kept for a period of forty years. Where necessary for the purposes of pharmacovigilance, the regional pharmacovigilance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-194

The formalities of transcribing, recording and drawing up the forms provided for in this paragraph take the place of the transcriptions and recordings mentioned in article R. 5132-10.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-193

When a healthcare professional administers a blood-derived medicinal product outside healthcare establishments or the establishments and organisations mentioned in article R. 5121-192, he/she affixes…

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