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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-35

…r controlling and monitoring the management of the fund. To this end, it receives, each year before 31 May, the reports mentioned in article R. 1435-34 and a financial report relating to the previous…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-3

…or any operator of such a medicinal product is required, within one year of the promulgation of Act 2011-2012 of 29 December 2011 on reinforcing the safety of medicinal products and health products, t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R*322-117-3

…l union which is substituted for the reinsured companies under the conditions defined in Article R. 322-117-1 must inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of the conclusion, expiry…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Discipline of sworn goods brokers Discipline of sworn goods brokers

Article L131-32

Any breach of the laws and regulations relating to his profession or his duties as a sworn goods broker and any breach of probity or honour, even relating to facts unrelated to the tasks entrusted to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-39

…the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Experts involved in voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-33

The fact, for any person not on the list provided for in Article L. 321-29 to use the name referred to in that article, or a name with a resemblance likely to cause a misunderstanding in the mind of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Experts involved in voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-31

…ies with the obligations and prohibitions respectively set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-30 and to Article L. 321-32. It informs the public .

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Experts involved in voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-32

The expert mentioned in article L. 321-29 may not describe, present, estimate or put up for sale any property belonging to him, nor may he acquire, directly or indirectly on his own account, any prope…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Experts involved in voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-30

Any expert acting for consideration in connection with a sale of furniture by public auction is required to take out insurance covering his professional liability.He is jointly and severally liable wi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Explanations provided to the borrower and assessment of his creditworthiness

Article R341-3

A creditor or credit intermediary who contravenes the provisions of article L. 312-15 is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences.

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