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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to manufacture and import.

Article R5124-56

…the pharmacopoeia mentioned in 2° of article L. 4211-1, or divided officinal products mentioned in 4° of article L. 5121-1. The obligations laid down by these articles are applied by reference to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Write-offs

Article R123-314

…ation of the safeguard or recovery plan has been declared complete pursuant to article L. 626-28; > 4° The safeguard plan is still in force pursuant to article L. 626-28. 4° The safeguard plan is stil…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 6: National registers

Article R623-40

The registration of plant variety certificates in the National Register of Plant Variety Certificates takes place in the order of their issue. The registration includes:the serial number under which t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and activities

Article L511-4

Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-4 of the French Commercial Code apply to credit institutions and finance companies for their banking and related operations defined in article L. 311-2, to electronic money…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-4

…ivity of less than six months does not entail resignation, except in the cases mentioned in 2°, 3°, 4° and 5° of II of article L. 713-3..

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to payment service providers, manual money changers, electronic money issuers, digital asset service providers and token issuers

Article L775-41

The articles listed in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-1

…cts.Only the costs incurred may be reimbursed, where applicable.3° Article L. 1211-7 does not apply;4° Article L. 1211-9 is replaced by the following provisions:"Art. L. 1211-9 -The list of human body…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-6

…medical project ; 3° The master plan as well as construction, major repair and demolition projects; 4° The budget and amending decisions, presented by functional group; 5° The accounts and the allocat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Delegated federations

Article L131-15

…including outside national territory, of athletes likely to be included on the lists mentioned in 4° and a programme of support for the professional retraining of top level athletes;4° Propose inclu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R329-1

…authorisation provided for in Article L. 329-1 is issued to branches of undertakings referred to in 4° of Article L. 310-2, under the conditions set out in Articles R. 321-1, R. 321-3, R. 321-5, R. 32…

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