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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation

Article R1271-9

…der the conditions set out in articles L. 1271-15, R. 1271-13 to R. 1271-18, D. 1271-28 and D. 1271-29 of this Code and article D. 133-26 of the Social Security Code: a) Employees working in jobs fall…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title II: Ordinary remedies.

Article 540

…oregoing provisions, the right to review provided for in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18 December 2008 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Crisis prevention and management measures

Article A311-6

…itutes an obstacle to the implementation of the resolution measures provided for in Articles L. 311-29 to L. 311-49, in particular because of the number of entities it comprises, the complexity of its…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-33

When the sentence enforcement judge makes a decision to place a person under mobile electronic surveillance, pursuant to the fourth paragraph of article 763-3, this measure may only concern an adult w…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-4

…when a region is formed by grouping together several regions, in accordance with Article 1 of Law no. 2015-29 of 16 January 2015 on the delimitation of regions, regional and departmental elections a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Report presenting the procedure carried out by the purchasers

Article R2384-3

The presentation report shall also include, where applicable, the following information: 1° The reasons for using the award procedure without prior advertising or competitive tendering or the competit…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 1656 bis

I. - 1° Les dispositions du présent code, applicables aux établissements publics de coopération intercommunale soumis à l'article 1609 nonies C, apply to the Greater Paris metropolitan area.For the ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Provisions applicable when the temporary loss of discernment of a person is caused by that person and in particular by the voluntary consumption of psychoactive substances

Article D47-37-2

Outside the cases provided for by articles 706-139-1 and D. 47-37-1, where the examining magistrate considers that the temporary loss of discernment of the person under investigation is at least partl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-9

Registration of the traditional herbal medicinal product is refused by the Director General of the Agency if the application does not comply with the provisions of Articles L. 5121-14-1, R. 5121-97, R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-162

Any company or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150 shall implement a pharmacovigilance system in order to fulfil its pharmacovigilance obligations…

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