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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-7

…s for use, or with the special precautions for use referred to in point d of paragraph 1 of Article 19 of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of 30 November 2009. "Adverse reaction" means a reaction which is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Association with the public hospital service

Article R6112-7

…ishments in the territory, on the one hand, for the cases mentioned in 4° and 5° of article R. 6123-19 and, on the other hand, within the framework of the emergency care networks provided for in artic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-12-5

…the matter to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority in accordance with Article 19 of Regulation No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 10: Marketing of structured deposits

Article L511-105

…isions of 2°, 3° and 6° of II of Article L. 533-10, Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-17, article L. 533-19, article L. 533-20, articles L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1, II and III of article L. 533-29, as well…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Scope of application

Article 995

…4-174 of the Monetary and Financial Code and Article 9, as amended, of Decree No. 89-158 of 9 March 1989 implementing Articles 26 and 34 to 42 of Law No. 88-1201 of 23 December 1988, as amended, and r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-35

…or she make known to the companies or associations providing the services listed in article L. 2223-19 the occurrence of a death or that it recommends the services of a specific company or association…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 214

…s distributed to workers under the conditions provided for in 3° of article 33 of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production; 3° (Repealed) ; 4° (Provision obs…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-18

…rights granted to civil parties in respect of the offences provided for in the articles 221-6, 222-19 and 222-20 of the Penal Code committed in the course of a professional activity, where the public…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering on account of their value or subject-matter

Article R2122-1

…1311-4 of the Public Health Code and Articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Building and Housing Code, as well as contracts awarded to deal with health h…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L2312-22

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in article L. 2312-19, the social and economic committee is consulted each year on: 1° The strategic orientations of the company under the conditions def…

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