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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Decentralised procedure

Article R5121-51-3

To obtain a marketing authorisation in France and in at least one other Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, for a medicinal product which is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Community harmonisation

Article R5121-51-12

Each year, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé sends the coordination group referred to in Article 27 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the Europea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4381-51

The remuneration paid on shares representing the contributions provided for in 1° of Article R. 4381-34 may not exceed the rate on securities advances from the Banque de France less two points. The re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Administration.

Article R4381-50

Any member may, at any time, inspect the documents referred to in Article R. 4381-49, the minute books and the registers and documents held by the company. The right to inspect includes the right to t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-9-5

…that have been overdue for more than 6 months and number of contracts concerned in years N and N-1;5° Amount of death benefits under compulsory group contracts taken out within the company but not pa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L785-2

…V to VIIIOrder no. 2023-836 of 30 August 2023L. 612-2 with the exception of 7° and 12° of A and 3°, 5° and 9° to 11° of B of I and III thereofLaw no. 2021-402 of 8 April 2021 L. 612-3 Law no. 2022-172…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for holding office as mayor, deputy mayor, municipal councillor and arrondissement councillor

Article L2511-34

The allowances voted by the municipal councils of Marseille and Lyon for the actual performance of the duties of deputy mayor and member of special delegation acting as deputy mayor are at most equal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Remuneration committees

Article L511-102

I. - The Remuneration Committee prepares the decisions that the Board of Directors, the Supervisory Board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions takes concerning remuneration, i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…n carrying out certain activities imposed pursuant to articles 131-27 and 131-28 of the Penal Code; 5° The disqualification from French territory imposed pursuant to Article 131-30 of the Criminal Cod…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-7

…° bis Monitoring and removal of perineural catheters for postoperative analgesia set up by a doctor;5° Injections and infusions, excluding the first, into these catheters as well as into central venou…

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