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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L532-28

…ountry :1° The AIFM is the legal person whose regular business is the management of one or more AIF;2° The reference Member State of an AIFM established in a third country is the Member State whose au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-2

…n or any unmarried woman shall have access to medically assisted procreation following individual interviews with the members of the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team carried out in a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Illegal practice.

Article L4161-2

…tions, in particular by articles L. 4111-7 and L. 4141-3-1, as well as by article 8 of law no. 71-1026 of 24 December 1971 amending the public health code; 2° Any person who, in possession of a valid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General procedural rules

Article R321-26

I. - The requests referred to in articles L. 327-6 and L. 327-13 shall be made by letter delivered against signature or any other means capable of establishing proof of the date of referral, including…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Tax revenue and fees

Article L3662-2

…ar, with the first payment being made before 31 January.When the amount to be allocated cannot be determined as indicated above, the monthly allocations are made within the limit of one-twelfth of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Combating drug supply shortages

Article L5121-29

…icinal product shall build up a safety stock intended for the national market and located on French territory, on that of another Member State of the European Union or on that of a State party to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Financial penalties imposed by the Regional Health Agency

Article L5472-2

I. - In the event of a breach of the provisions of 9° of Article L. 5424-4, the Director General of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction may, after giving formal notice, except in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Groupements de coopération sanitaire.

Article L6133-2

…by public or private health establishments, medico-social establishments mentioned in article L. 312-1 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles, health centres and maisons de santé, and natura…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Information on business papers.

Article R123-238

Deeds and documents issued by the company and intended for third parties, in particular letters, invoices, advertisements and various publications, shall state the company name, immediately and legibl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-20

…et is notified of the following information: 1° The fitting of the bracelet incorporating a transmitter provided for in article 138-3 may not be carried out without his consent, but refusal to do so c…

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