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Showing 13611370 of 36505 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2020/1503 du 7-10-2020

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Drawing up the annual list of citizen assessors

Article R2-10

The first president of the court of appeal may be requested by the public prosecutor or the president of the judicial tribunal to order the removal of a citizen assessor from the annual list pursuant…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R4432-10

…epresented on the regional economic, social and environmental council and the council for culture, education and the environment, the number of their representatives and, where applicable, the specifi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-10

…s to the other party without delay. It shall exhaust the options offered by the applicable laws and regulations to defer publication of the application.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-10

…ation methods provided for in articles L. 123-18 to L. 123-21, the valuation methods laid down by a regulation of the Autorité des normes comptables. Assets held by organisations that are subject to v…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-107

…ns laid down in this section apply without prejudice to those laid down for veterinary medicinal products authorised by the European Medicines Agency in Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Par…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-10

…free samples of a plasma referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1223-6 is only permitted during the two years following its initial inclusion or modification on the list of characteristics…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Homeopathic medicinal products

Article R5121-106

The application file for registration of a medicinal product or a series of medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5121-13 is sent to the Agency. It includes the following information and document…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: French blood establishment and army blood transfusion centre

Article L1222-10

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter shall be determined, where necessary and unless otherwise provided, by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular : 1° The procedures fo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Assistance in recovering damages for victims of crime.

Article L422-10

The sums recovered by the guarantee fund are used first and foremost to reimburse the guarantee fund for the compensation or provisions paid to the civil party pursuant to article L. 422-7, any enforc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Opticians.

Article L4362-10-1

When selling corrective ocular contact lenses or corrective lenses online, the service providers concerned shall allow the patient to obtain information and advice from an optician. A decree in the Co…

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