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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3

In this Code : 1° "Home Member State" means : a) in the case of non-life insurance, the Member State of the European Union in which the head office of the insurance undertaking covering the risk is si…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

The procedures for applying this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular :1° The scientific criteria justifying, where appropriate, exemption from bioavailability stu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions

Article R5211-4

For the purposes of this Title, the following definitions shall apply 1° Intended use means the use for which a medical device is intended according to the information provided by the manufacturer in…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-1

…horities and their groupings. To this end, these authorities and groupings shall forward, before 30 March each year, all information relating to the aid and aid schemes implemented within their jurisd…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Professional undertakings for collective real estate investment

Article L214-150

…the country in which their registered office is located.The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers sets the conditions under which the subscription and acquisition of units or shar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-45

…temporarily suspended under the conditions laid down in the General Regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers if it exceeds a percentage of the number of units or shares of the undertaking fo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Register of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-1

…nationale de France's online public access service. A new list of unavailable books is added on 21 March each year, if that is a working day, or on the first working day thereafter. The list of unava…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-4

…on on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, opened for signature in Vienna and New York on 3 March 1980, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person g…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Respective responsibilities of the State and the region

Article L4383-1

…th Agency also supervises training establishments approved underarticle 75 of law no. 2002-303 of 4 March 2002 relating to patients' rights and the quality of the health system. These establishments a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-14

…own initiative or at the request of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, the Autorité des marchés financiers, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Compagnie nationale…

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