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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-28

Any experts appointed by the Chairman of the College shall send their draft report to the claimant and, where applicable, to the claimant's counsel, who shall have a period of fifteen days in which to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Distribution

Article R3252-34

In the event of seizure of sums due by way of remuneration, the sums paid to the registrar of the judicial court or, where applicable, of one of its local chambers, shall be distributed at least every…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Information

Article R4425-1

The employer shall provide written instructions and, where appropriate, posters in the workplace on the procedure to be followed: 1° In the event of an accident or serious incident involving a biologi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions applicable to clinical trials on medicinal products

Article L1124-1

I.- Clinical trials of medicinal products are governed by the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014. The competent authority for carr…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Creation of a new commune

Article L2113-22

New communes are eligible for communal equalisation grants under the conditions of ordinary law, subject to Article L. 2334-22-2.New communes that have benefited from the provisions of the second para…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Products not eligible for direct marketing

Article L341-10

Without prejudice to the special rules applicable to the marketing of certain products, the following may not be marketed: 1° Products for which the maximum risk is not known at the time of subscripti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-5

I. - The association's articles of association contain at least the following clauses: The purpose of the association, as a popular retirement savings group, is to subscribe one or more popular retire…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Discharge of liabilities.

Article L643-8

I.-Without prejudice to the right of ownership or retention enforceable against the collective proceedings and the provisions of articles L. 622-17 and L. 641-13, the amount of distributable assets is…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing certain bodies and companies

Article 1655 septies

I. - Bodies responsible for organising an international sporting competition in France and, where applicable, subsidiaries in which they directly or indirectly hold more than half of the capital are n…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L766-2

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° The words: ", the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation," are deleted; 2° In Ar…

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