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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-138

…children; 7° A special warning, if one is required for this medicinal product; 8° The batch number; 9° The expiry date in clear text; 10° Special storage precautions, if any; 11° Special precautions f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article R6147-3

…n coordination committee; 8° A director of a group of hospitals, appointed by the Director General; 9° A representative of the General Management, appointed by the Director General. In the absence of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5

…ms or by archive services, provided that they are not seeking any economic or commercial advantage ;9° The reproduction or representation, in whole or in part, of a graphic, plastic or architectural w…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General information.

Article 38

…es mentioned in Article L. 2352-1 of the same Code; 2° Goods covered by articles 2 and 3 of Act no. 92-1477 of 31 December 1992 relating to products subject to certain movement restrictions and to com…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Creation of the solvency margin.

Article R334-11

…ned by Book II of the Mutual Code and provident institutions and unions governed by Title 3 of Book 9 of the Social Security Code, the loan or loans for development funds. However, from half the durat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: General principles

Article A512-1

…h the conditions of professional competence as defined in sub-section 2 of Chapter IV of this Title;9° The body referred to in article L. 512-1 may, in application of the provisions of article R. 514-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers

Article L5215-20-1

I. - Urban communities existing on the date of promulgation of the loi n° 99-586 du 12 juillet 1999 relative au renforcement et à la simplification de la coopération intercommunale continue to exercis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article R561-16

The products and services referred to in 2° of Article L. 561-9 are :1° Life insurance or capitalisation contracts where the annual premium does not exceed €1,000 or where the single premium does not…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Annexes Part A Book VIII

Article Annexe II

…n terms of special accounts and that complies with the provisions of the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978, relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés. This software must meet the requiremen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 C

…re defined as joint stock companies listed on a regulated market in accordance with Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial instrume…

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