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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Special provisions

Article L222-16-2

…estment services relating to the financial contracts defined in Article L. 533-12-7 of the Monetary and Financial Code; 2° Digital asset services within the meaning of Article L. 54-10-2 of the same c…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-1-2

…cial risks on an ongoing basis, in particular by simulating the impact of changes in interest rates and stock market prices on their assets and liabilities and by making comparative estimates of the p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-19-2

…cil is located outside the conurbation comprising the commune that is the capital of the department and the department's estate includes official accommodation, the departmental council may determine…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-19-2

…egional council is outside the conurbation comprising the commune that is the capital of the region and the region's estate includes company accommodation, the regional council may determine by delibe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Biological activities for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-26-1

…must include: 1° A room used exclusively for collecting sperm; 2° A room used for preparing gametes and carrying out in vitro fertilisation with a view to carrying out a parental project, or for imple…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Conditions of practice

Article R743-142-2

For the registrations and amending registrations in the commercial agents' register mentioned in table 2 of article appendix 4-7, the fee relating to each service is subject to a reduction set by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of post-authorisation safety studies

Article R5121-178-2

…n article L. 5121-8 in order to comply with an obligation imposed pursuant to articles R. 5121-36-1 and R. 5121-37-3. II - Before conducting a study, the holder of the authorisation provided for in Ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138-2

…e immediate packaging of medicinal products bears safety features consisting of a unique identifier and a tamper-evident device, under the conditions set out in articles R. 5121-138-1 and R. 5121-138-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Declaration of the manufacture, import and distribution of excipients

Article R5138-2-1

…ng receipt to be acknowledged. It includes the following information: 1° The name or corporate name and address of the company to which the establishment belongs and the address of the establishment w…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-11-2

…inhabitants who has received a delegation of function from the latter who, for the exercise of his mandate, had ceased to exercise his professional activity shall receive, at his request, a differenti…

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