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Showing 491500 of 66941 articles for Art. s. L 313-38 and R 313-22

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-38

To justify before the Court of Appeal hearing an appeal lodged pursuant to the second paragraph of Article R. 411-19 the claims they had submitted to the Director General of the National Institute of…

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

Article R1434-38

The plenary assembly of the Territorial Health Board shall draw up its rules of procedure. The rules of procedure: 1° Set the procedures for convening meetings and drawing up agendas and the quorum ru…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Group governance system

Article R356-38

The Group risk management function referred to in Article L. 356-18 is structured in such a way as to facilitate the implementation of the risk management system referred to in Article L. 356-19.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Implementation of financial penalties

Article R1435-38

The Minister for Health is the authorising officer responsible for issuing collection orders relating to penalties and periodic penalty payments ordered pursuant to Articles L. 1435-7-1, L. 5472-1 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Label.

Article R5132-38

Containers or packaging containing medicinal products covered by the narcotics regulations and not packaged for the public must bear a label of a size appropriate to their volume, affixed in such a wa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Special rules for monitoring certain medical devices

Article R5212-38

The pharmacist in charge of managing the in-house pharmacy or, for establishments without an in-house pharmacy, the person in charge of ordering and managing stocks in the establishment, under the sup…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Communication to the Agency of information covered by medical or industrial secrecy

Article R1413-38

When the National Public Health Agency, in order to carry out the tasks mentioned in 1°, 2° and 6° of article L. 1413-1, needs the individual data mentioned in articles L. 1413-6 and L. 1413-7, its Di…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Journal register.

Article R4532-38

As the work progresses, the co-ordinator records the following in the co-ordination logbook: 1° Reports of joint inspections, instructions to be passed on and specific observations as provided for in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article R626-38

The administrator shall report to the official receiver on the execution of the acts enabling the plan to be implemented in accordance with article L. 626-24. The mandataire judiciaire reports on his…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Blood transfusion activities

Article R1222-38

The blood establishment's biological qualification laboratory for donations, which is placed under the responsibility of a doctor or pharmacist, must have at least two technicians with the required qu…

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