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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Appointment, challenge and dismissal of statutory auditors.

Article R823-6-1

…ation establishing that the conditions laid down in Article 17(4) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014 are met; 3° The reasons justifying the need to extend the mandate beyond the maximum t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Proceedings before Disciplinary Boards

Article R4443-4

…7 to R. 4234-17 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For their a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-13

…cies or species in question, in Table 1 of the Annex to Commission Regulation (EU) No 37/2010 of 22 December 2009 on pharmacologically active substances and their classification as regards maximum res…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-41

…ng this, the head of the service, of the functional unit or any other internal structure concerned, decide to call upon a doctor, medical student, pharmacist or pharmacy student belonging to one of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-13

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-10

The orders of the Minister responsible for industrial property provided for in Articles L. 613-16and L. 613-17 shall be made following the reasoned opinion of a commission composed as follows: 1° A Co…

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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 R121-12

…e Board of Directors of the French Office for Immigration and Integration by videoconference may be decided by the Chairman when the urgency requires it.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-2

…onditions mentioned in Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the Eur…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-31

…graph of Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/ EC of the Eu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23-2

…tuation;5° If the medicine prescribed is on the list mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 162-17 of the Social Security Code, this substitution is made under the conditions set out in articl…

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