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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-8-1

…eficiaries of such a scheme may be asked to take part in non-interventional research. By way of derogation, the Personal Data Protection Committee may authorise a person who is not affiliated to a soc…

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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 L1125-31

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and in particular: 1° The procedures applicable to the coordinated assessment procedure d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General rules.

Article L1311-1

Without prejudice to the application of special legislation and the powers granted to local authorities, decrees by the Conseil d'Etat, issued after consultation with the Haut Conseil de la santé publ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-9

…n up under the conditions mentioned in articles L. 1334-6 to L. 1334-8-1, reveals the presence of degraded coatings containing lead in concentrations above the thresholds defined by the decree mention…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: The creditor and the writ of execution

Article L111-8

With the exception of proportional recovery or collection fees, which may be partially charged to creditors under conditions laid down by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, the costs of enforcement are to…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Multiple assets or seizures

Article R321-9

…to publish a new summons for the same property. However, if the new summons presented to the Land Registry includes more property than the previous summons, it must be published for the property not i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-122

…s L. 225-10, L. 225-123, L. 225-124, L. 225-125, L. 22-10-46, L. 22-10-47 and L. 22-10-48, the voting rights attached to capital shares or dividend-right shares are proportional to the percentage of c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-204

A capital reduction is authorised or decided by the Extraordinary General Meeting, which may delegate to the Board of Directors or the Management Board, as the case may be, all powers to carry it out.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-6

Notwithstanding any provisions of the Articles of Association to the contrary, companies whose securities are not admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-3

…ore than twelve months, the applicant may request that the second application benefit from the filing date of the first for the elements common to both applications. The request shall not be admissibl…

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