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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-36

…l protection or, if the patient is a minor, to his legal representatives; 4° To the public prosecutor. The court registry shall inform the parties that the documents sent by the institution pursuant t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Foreigners making a direct economic investment in France

Article R421-36

…21-18 is withdrawn in the following situations: 1° The operation or commitment mentioned in article R. 421-35 which motivated its issue does not begin to be carried out within one year of the date of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tasks

Article R3262-36

…staurant owner to persons, companies or organisations that meet the conditions laid down in article R. 3262-4 and articles R. 3262-26 to R. 3262-32; 2° Noting cases where restaurateurs, persons, compa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Territorial health councils .

Article R1434-36

…e from the college mentioned in 3° and no more than two from the college mentioned in 4° of article R. 1434-33.The specific body organising the expression of users comprises no more than twelve member…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Training

Article R6152-367

…Their continuing professional development is organised by the plan mentioned in 8° of II of article R. 6144-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties and powers of the pharmacists responsible.

Article R5124-36

…the rules laid down in the interests of public health, the pharmacist in charge defined in article R. 5124-34 assumes the following duties insofar as they correspond to the activities of the company…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Programming commitments subject to approval

Article R212-36

…R. 212-30 has not sent its proposals within two months of notification or where these prop…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Withholding

Article R614-36

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 614-37, Chapter Va of Title III of Book III is applicable to the detention by the customs administration of goods likely to infringe patents for invention, as p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-36

Authorised access to the data mentioned in Article R. 142-35, with the exception of biometric data, is granted to agents of the French Office for Immigration and Integration responsible for implementi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Verification of the conditions governing admission to the profession

Article R519-36

…members subject to the requirement of good repute referred to in articles L. 500-1, L. 519-3-3 and R. 519-6 meet this requirement. To this end, any person applying for membership or renewal thereof s…

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