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Showing 33213330 of 5917 articles for Art. 11 févr. 1971

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-1-4

…al or regional representative referred to in paragraph 3 of Article 77 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 shall carry out his duties in professional premises located on national territory.H…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-5

…2-1, without the authorisation required pursuant to Articles 88 and 99 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or without this having been renewed in the event of a change to the elements includ…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-12

Within eight days of being notified in accordance with Article R. 223-11, the managing partner shall convene the shareholders' meeting to deliberate on the proposed transfer of the company shares or,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Execution of measures

Article R15-33-52-1

…surrender shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the articles R. 131-5 to R. 131-11 of the Criminal Code. References in these articles to the sentencing decision are replaced by ref…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the freezing of assets and the prohibition on making assets available to third parties

Article R562-8

…funds or economic resources submitted pursuant to the first and second paragraphs of Article L. 562-11; 2° Applications for authorisation to sell or transfer assets as provided for in Article R. 562-5…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Public health policy coordination committees

Article D1442-5

For the application of articles D. 1432-2, D. 1432-7 and D. 1432-11 to Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the reference to article D. 1432-1 is replaced by the reference to article D. 1442…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Guarantees granted at the end of the term of office or the performance of duties

Article R7227-9

…of-mandate differential allowance, subject to fulfilling the conditions set out in article L. 7227-11. For the application of these provisions, the condition of cessation of professional activity is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Etablissement public de santé national de Fresnes.

Article R6147-74

…term of office of the Chairman of the Board of Directors and the members mentioned in 5°, 6°, 10°, 11° and 12° of article R. 6147-14 is set at three years. The term of office of the other members of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article L513-30

…ay issue bonds called housing finance bonds benefiting from the privilege defined in Article L. 513-11 and raise other resources whose contract or document intended for public information provided for…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-3-2

…or modify, for purposes other than research, any item of information referred to in article L. 331-11, by personal intervention not requiring the use of an existing technological application, device…

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