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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-17

The authorisation holder shall record any acquisition, transfer, import or export of micro-organisms and toxins or products containing them in a special register or by any appropriate computer system.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article R53-28

The separate files and the register provided for in the second paragraph of Article 706-58 are kept by the public prosecutor. They may only be communicated to the liberty and custody judge or investig…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-39

In the event of amendment of the Articles of Association, a copy of the full minutes of the meeting or the amending deed consisting of one of the originals if it is in private document form, or a copy…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of work and personal protection equipment.

Article R4535-6

When using work equipment and personal protective equipment, self-employed workers and employers working directly on a building or civil engineering site are subject to the following provisions: 1° Ge…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disciplinary chamber of first instance

Article R4311-90

The date of the elections to the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance is announced by the National Council under the same conditions as those laid down in article R. 4311-58.Candidates shall make th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-61

Without prejudice to the powers conferred on the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by Article L. 5124-3, the wholesale distribution of medicinal products to a natural…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article R53-32

If the liberty and custody judge does not authorise the person's statements to be taken without his identity appearing in the proceedings, the request and the decision of this magistrate, as well as,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article R53-27

The request provided for in the first paragraph of Article 706-58 specifies the identity of the person and the reasons why, with regard to the elements contained in the file of the investigation proce…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article R663-10

The court-appointed administrator shall be allocated, in respect of the constitution of classes of affected parties and the preparation of voting operations, an emolument which may not be less than an…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Delegation hours

Article R2315-3

In the absence of stipulations in the agreement provided for in Article L. 2314-7, the monthly time required for the performance of their duties by the representatives mentioned in 1° of Article L. 23…

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