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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Marketing authorisation issued by the European Union

Article R5121-53

…product is subject to prescription, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé decides, with regard to this authorisation, to classify the medicina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct

Article L519-5

When banking and payment services intermediaries engage in canvassing activities within the meaning of Articles L. 341-1 and L. 341-2, they are subject to the provisions of this section and to Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L762-5

…visions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L764-5

…hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Trading platforms

Article L763-5

…in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Housing concessions granted to civil servants

Article R114-56

Any centre created since 1 March 2016 must include housing concessions determined in accordance with the provisions of this section.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Common provisions

Article D420-5

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/591 of 1 December 2016 clarifies the definition of economically equivalent OTC contracts.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…hat rendered the decision, approved the agreement or endorsed the future protection mandate:1° Applications for the certification of French enforceable titles with a view to their recognition and enfo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Infringements of the rules concerning work by young people and by pregnant women, women who have recently given birth or who are breastfeeding

Article R4743-5

Failure to comply with the provisions relating to the age of admission set out in articles L. 4153-1 to L. 4153-5 and the decrees implementing them is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offenc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5121-51

…r State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the applicant must follow one of the two procedures provided for in this subsection: - either the mutual reco…

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