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Showing 401410 of 62298 articles for Art. 1231-1 et 1231-5 · CA Versailles 20 April 1995 · Cass. 2e civ. 10 July 2003 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 September 2013 n° 12-24.812

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-114

…he authorisation to import by a means other than personal transport, referred to in article R. 5121-109, or a copy of the compassionate access authorisation under II of article L. 5121-12-1 granted fo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-115

The importation of a proprietary medicinal product constitutes a parallel import with a view to placing it on the market in France: 1° Which comes from another Member State of the European Community o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 20: Sporting and leisure goods, electrically-assisted bicycles and motorised personal transport devices

Article L224-113

Any professional who markets maintenance and repair services for sports and leisure goods, including bicycles, electrically assisted bicycles and motorised personal transport devices allows consumers…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-20

The competent authority may, at any time, request additional information on the clinical investigation from the sponsor. Where the competent authority considers that the requirements set out in Regula…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-20-1

The Public Prosecutor or any interested party may apply to the competent court to have the association or group issuing bonds in breach of articles L. 213-8 and L. 213-10 dissolved and the bonds issue…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-1

…of Article L. 532-18, the first paragraph of Article L. 532-18-1 and Articles L. 532-19 and L. 532-20 are applicable to management companies established in another Member State of the European Union…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article L613-20-1

I. - Subject to the provisions of Article L. 517-12, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall exercise supervision on a consolidated basis of a group within the meaning of Articles L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-1

…the public prosecutor and forward to the latter all information, reports and documents relating thereto. Subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 632-16, the public prosecutor ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds.

Article R214-203-1

…fessional fund is to hold these loans until maturity, unless otherwise stipulated in article R. 214-203-2.This activity is subject to the provisions of this sub-paragraph.For the purposes of this sub-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article D214-207-1

Article D. 214-32-31 does not apply to AIFs covered by this sub-section.

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