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French General Tax CodeIn force
Subsection I: General information

Article 1635 quater A

I.-1° Unless there is a deliberation to the contrary, taken under the conditions provided for in VI of article 1639 A bis, a development tax, intended to provide for the expenses mentioned in articles…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1a: Documents countersigned by lawyers

Article 1546-3

…eir written submissions; 4° Have recourse to a technician under the terms of Articles 1547 to 1554; 5° Appoint a judicial conciliator or mediator whose mission is to help resolve the dispute. The inst…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special mortgages

Article 2402

…of partition, report or reduction, is secured on the immovables partitioned, donated or bequeathed; 5° Claims against a deceased person and legacies of sums of money on the one hand, and claims agains…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-6

…of carrying out their business start-up or takeover project and sustaining their business activity;5° Training initiatives designed to enable volunteers and civic service volunteers to acquire the sk…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-14-2

…proprietary medicinal product does not have the declared qualitative and quantitative composition; 5° Checks on the proprietary medicinal product or on the components and intermediate products of man…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-6

…ontinuation of marketing of the medicinal product is based on one of the grounds mentioned in 1° to 5° of Article L. 5121-9. In the event of an emergency requiring the suspension or discontinuation to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5423-8

…ted pharmacist within the meaning of article L. 5124-2 in each of the pharmaceutical establishments;5° Failure by a wholesaler-distributor to comply with the public service obligations defined in appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-2

I.-If the manufacturer of a device referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 or, where applicable, its authorised representativ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-1

…e Haute Autorité de santé, within the framework of an agreement concluded under article L. 2212-2 ; 5° To submit and implement the protocols defined in Articles L. 4011-1 and L. 4011-2 under the condi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Provisions applicable in French Polynesia.

Article L940-1

…° Book V, with the exception of articles L. 522-1 to L. 522-40, L. 524-12, L. 524-20 and L. 524-21; 5° Book VI, with the exception of articles L. 622-19, L. 625-9 and L. 670-1 to L. 670-8; 6° Title II…

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