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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the entry into national territory of the elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they are not authorised in the Member State of origin

Article R1245-16

I. - The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé will notify the applicant of his decision within three months of the date on which the application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the entry into national territory of the elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they are not authorised in the Member State of origin

Article R1245-15

I. - The application for authorisation provided for in the second paragraph of I of Article L. 1245-5 for products from Member States of the European Union or parties to the Agreement on the European…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors.

Article R411-15

…finance laws; 6° The general conditions for granting the financial aid mentioned in articles L. 411-13 and L. 411-14; 7° General conditions for the conclusion and performance of contracts and agreemen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Filing of accounting documents, declaration of confidentiality and declaration of simplified publication of annual accounts.

Article R123-111

Commercial companies are required to file, within one month of their approval by the ordinary general meeting, the accounting documents provided for in articles L. 232-21 to L. 232-23. The filing of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Cooperation and exchanges of information with the authorities of other Member States of the European Union or other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R632-1

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the Autorité des marchés financiers may use information covered by professional secrecy that they receive for the performance of their duties,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Agence de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the college of supervisors

Article R783-10

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 613-1, with the exception of its second paragraphno. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-1-1No. 2011-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Agence de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and the college of supervisors

Article R782-10

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 613-1, with the exception of its second paragraphno. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 613-1-1No. 2011-1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Common provisions

Article L1527-1

…I of Part Six of this Code do not apply, with the exception of those mentioned in Article L. 6431-9;13° The reference to any social or medico-social establishment or sector is not applicable;14° The r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Monitoring and control of posted workers

Article R1263-11-3-1

I.-When the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer, or the equivalent monitoring officer referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 8112-1, observes the breach referred to in Article L. 1263-4-2,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-6-1

Articles L. 436-10 to L. 436-13 are applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon in the wording resulting from the law no. 2022-1726 of 30 December 2022 on finances for 2023.

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