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Showing 14311440 of 2837 articles for Art. 26 janv. 2017

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-27

…pplication for authorisation of the medicinal products mentioned in articles R. 5121-25 and R. 5121-26 are considered to contain all the necessary and sufficient data for the evaluation of these medic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-1

…r objects mentioned in Article L. 4211-1, sterile devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and experimental or ancillary…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Penalties.

Article R310-22

…o comply with the obligations or prohibitions resulting from Articles R. 310-5, R. 310-6 and R. 612-26 of the Monetary and Financial Code is liable to a fifth-class fine.Any manager of a company subje…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Composition of the Assize Court

Article A36-12

Under the provisions of the second paragraph of article 260, the number of jurors appearing on the annual lists drawn up within the jurisdiction of the assize courts listed below is set as follows:DEP…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-2

…e procedure includes the supply of a custom-made device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 concerning medical devices, a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-19

…ance and Reinsurance (Solvency II), in the version in force on the date of publication of Decree No 2017-1171 of 18 July 2017 laying down the rules applicable to supplementary occupational pension fun…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2a: Foodstuffs intended for specific groups

Article R412-18-1

…poses and its annexes; 4° The provisions of Articles 1 to 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1798 of 2 June 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of 12 June 2013 as regards the sp…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18-2

…qual to one, increased by the ratio between twice the population of sensitive urban areas and, from 2017, priority neighbourhoods of the city policy and the total population of the municipality, and t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-5

Certificates of addition applied for prior to the entry into force of Law No. 90-1052 of 26 November 1990 on industrial property shall remain subject to the rules applicable on the date of their appli…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article D112-21

…t up by decision of the Managing Director, under the conditions laid down in Decree no. 2019-798 of 26 July 2019 on the revenue and imprest accounts of public bodies, and with the agreement of the acc…

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