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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Authorisation decisions

Article R1333-125

The French Nuclear Safety Authority (Autorité de sûreté nucléaire) gives its decision on applications for authorisation within six months. This period may be extended twice for the same duration by th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applications for authorisation

Article R1333-122

In the cases provided for in 1° of VI of Article L. 1333-9, information on the means and measures taken to protect against malicious acts is not provided as part of the application for authorisation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Disposal of anatomical parts.

Article R1335-12

Anatomical parts of animal origin intended for abandonment are sent to rendering plants in accordance with the provisions of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Lead exposure risk report

Article R1334-12

A copy of the lead exposure risk report must be provided by the owner or operator of the accommodation in order to inform the occupants and persons required to carry out work, as required by article L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-12

Owners or operators of public auction rooms may not transfer their establishment without an authorisation issued in the same form and by the same authority as for the original authorisation.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notification of grievances and report.

Article R463-12

Where the rapporteur general decides, pursuant to Article L. 463-3, that the case will be examined by the Competition Authority without a prior report, the parties and the Government Commissioner have…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Communication and production of documents in the file of a competition authority

Article R483-12

A competition authority may, on its own initiative, give its written opinion on a request for disclosure or production of any document in its file which is before the court. The competition authority…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article R522-12

The rights of the operator on whose behalf the establishment is sold and those of his creditors are settled in accordance with the provisions of Title IV of Book I relating to the sale and pledge of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R526-12

Within one month of renouncing the assignment provided for in Article L. 526-15, the sole trader shall cause a notice thereof to be entered in the register to which he is subject pursuant to Article L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Spouse's rights.

Article R624-12

The debtor's spouse must be heard or duly summoned before any decision authorising the sale of the community property. Where, in the course of the proceedings, the dissolution of the community existin…

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