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Showing 33913400 of 29661 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 11-DCC-150 du 10 Oct 2011

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Veterinary medicinal products

Article R1453-10

Companies producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products or providing services associated with these products shall make public, under the conditions defined in this section: 1° The information…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-10

…l Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, opened for signature in New York on 10 January 2000, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions set out in Article 689-1 any perso…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Payment terms

Article R2392-10

The provisions of articles R. 2192-10 to R. 2192-14 and R. 2192-16 to R. 2192-22, R. 2192-25 to R. 2192-34 and R. 2192-36 apply.In the event of the payment of an advance in application of article R. 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-20

…ed to in the last paragraph of article L. 225-68 includes the information defined in articles L. 22-10-9 to L. 22-10-11 as well as article L. 225-37-4.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-10

…3-55-9, where the collège de résolution directly supervises the person subject to a resolution procedure pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 of this sub-section, it shall draw up with the collèg…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-104

A company operating a veterinary medicinal product must: 1° Keep detailed records of all suspected adverse reactions which have occurred inside or outside the European Union; 2° To record any suspecte…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-11-2

…in articles L. 716-9 to L. 716-11 shall incur, in addition to the fine in accordance with the procedures laid down by Article 131-38 of the Criminal Code, the penalties laid down by l'article 131-39…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares

Article L22-10-60

…ly if the company fulfils at least one of the following conditions in respect of the financial year during which these shares are allocated: 1° The company proceeds, under the conditions provided for…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Withdrawal from the list

Article R2-10

…dicial tribunal to order the removal of a citizen assessor from the annual list pursuant to Article 10-6. The First President of the Court of Appeal, after summoning the citizen assessor and giving hi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article R1223-10

…free samples of a plasma referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1223-6 is only permitted during the two years following its initial inclusion or modification on the list of characteristics…

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