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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

…f a reference proprietary medicinal product ;2° The conditions under which marketing authorisations may be considered as part of a global marketing authorisation;3° The rules relating to the labelling…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Disciplinary chambers of first instance and regional and inter-regional councils.

Article L4124-11

…remit.In the regions or inter-regions, it exercises the powers referred to in article L. 4112-4.It may decide to temporarily suspend the right to practise in the event of the professional's infirmity…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Transitional measures

Article R352-27

…isions of articles L. 352-1, R. 352-2 and R. 352-5, the following rules apply: a) Until 31 December 2017, the standard parameters to be used to calculate the concentration risk sub-module and the marg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating resources

Article R612-10

…ion (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 and Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009, Regulation (EU) 2019/203…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Biomedicine

Article L1418-1

…ted transplant; it also searches international registers and organises the provision of transplants;9° Providing the public with information on the use of freely available genetic tests;10° To issue t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2122-1 and L. 2122-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 2122-2-1 law no. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 L. 2122-3 law no. 96-142…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Definition of categories and sub-categories.

Article A344-2

…acts;8 Single-premium unit-linked life insurance or capitalisation contracts (or free instalments) ;9 Unit-linked life insurance or capitalisation contracts with periodic premiums;10 Group contracts c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-252

…at the company's share capital is variable, indicating, where applicable, the amount below which it may not be reduced; 4° The address of the registered office, specifying, where applicable, either th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R6123-8

…ees, within the framework of one or more of the financial sections mentioned in article R. 6123-16; 9° The establishment's initial budget and amending budgets; 10° The annual balance sheet, profit and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705

…f the following offences: 1° Offences provided for in articles 432-10 to 432-15,433-1 and 433-2,434-9,434-9-1,445-1 to 445-2-1 of the Criminal Code, in cases which are or would appear to be of great c…

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