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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-5

…dertakings of finance companies are subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13, Article L. 511-21 and Articles L. 511-33 to L. 511-38. Financial holding companies and paren…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55-1

I.-The amount of the fee provided for in 8° of 1 of I of Article L. 5141-8 is set at €1,500 per veterinary medicinal product or per series of homeopathic veterinary medicinal products and forming the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-50

If the administration finds that the list does not meet the conditions set out in article L. 6156-3, it will give the list delegate a reasoned decision declaring the list inadmissible. This decision i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisation and operation of disciplinary chambers of first instance and national disciplinary chambers.

Article R4126-5

…f the Disciplinary Chamber of First Instance and the President of the National Disciplinary Chamber may, by reasoned order, without prior inquiry: 1° take note of withdrawals ; 2° Reject complaints or…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Content of protection

Article L582-5

…nce permit referred to in article L. 424-18 or the resident permit referred to in article L. 424-21 may apply for family reunification, under the same conditions as those laid down in articles L. 561-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-5

No person may be a member of the Board of Directors : 1° In more than one capacity ; 2° If he is subject to the incapacity provided for inarticle L. 6 of the Electoral Code; 3° If he is a supplier of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Obligation to register.

Article R512-5

…diaries shall inform the CMF of any change in the information concerning them and of any event that may have an impact on their registration, such as a change in their place of business, cessation of…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-5

…taff representatives elected under the conditions set by the Chapter II of Title II of Law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 relating to the democratisation of the public sector, with the exception of the pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions adapting Book VII.

Article L937-5

…the prohibition or disqualification measures as provided for in Book VI of this Code or in Law no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 relating to the receivership and judicial liquidation of companies or in Law…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-5

…e mentioned in the last paragraph of article 414, the third paragraph of article 414-2 or article 415 of the present code or for an offence related to an offence mentioned in article 706-73 of the cod…

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