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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Breaches of the rules concerning the design, manufacture and marketing of work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article L4755-3

…of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and product conformity and amending Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011 fails to comply with a measure take…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R4111-15

…five members sitting on the ordinal qualification commissions instituted by article 2 of decree no. 2004-252 of 19 March 2004 relating to the conditions under which doctors of medicine may obtain a sp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10a: Parallel distribution

Article R5121-136-1

…the parallel distribution notification issued by the European Medicines Agency pursuant to Article 57 o of Regulation 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying dow…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 161

…urth paragraph of article 150 A bis in force before the date of promulgation of the Finance Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003) or in II of article 150 UB, the bonus is calculated on the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-169

…the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use referred to in Article 56 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council or to the coordination group referred to in A…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-8

For the application of 2° of article L. 214-24-23, articles D. 214-32-7-5 to D. 214-32-7-7 and articles D. 214-32-7-13 to D. 214-32-7-15 are applicable to the AIF or its management company.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-147-1

I. - Articles L. 225-147 and L. 22-10-53 are not applicable, by decision of the Board of Directors or the Management Board, where the contribution in kind consists of: 1° Securities giving access to t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article A750-3

…information recorded in connection with the investigation of cases are set out in Table A of Annex 7-7. The categories of information recorded under the census and control mission of authorised areas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations relating to insider lists

Article L451-4

…the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/ EC, 2003/125/ EC and 2004/72/ EC, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-1: Research involving the human person

Article L1541-4

…ne 2016 L. 1121-5 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-6 Law n° 2012-300 of 5 March 2012 L. 1121-7 Law no. 2019-180 of 8 March 2019 L. 1121-8 Ordinance no. 2020-232 of 11 March 2020 in French Polyn…

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