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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of the first sub-section, the provisions of this sub-section apply to the manufacture and importation of investigational medicinal products.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-6

…investigational medicinal products, the documents relating to each batch are kept by the pharmaceutical establishment which manufactures it, for at least five years after the end of the trial or the e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Manufacture and import of investigational medicinal products.

Article R5124-57-2

…r importer of investigational medicinal products shall ensure that all manufacturing operations are carried out in accordance with the information provided by the sponsor in the application for author…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Liquidation of the debtor's assets

Article R742-41

The notice of transfer provided for in article 20 de la loi n° 65-557 du 10 juillet 1965 fixant le statut de la copropriété des immeubles bâtis is given to the managing agent by the liquidator.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L613-43

I. - Where the College of Resolution is the resolution authority on a consolidated basis, it shall carry out the assessment referred to in I of Article L. 613-41 within the framework of the college of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L613-42

…resolution board, after obtaining the opinion of the supervisory board, finds that there are significant obstacles to a credit institution or an investment firm being wound up or being subject to reso…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors.

Article R4642-5

…ectors are passed by a majority of the members present. In the event of a tie, the Chairman has the casting vote. In urgent cases, the decisions of the Board of Directors may be adopted in accordance…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article L1524-5

Each shareholding local authority or group of local authorities is entitled to at least one representative on the Board of Directors or Supervisory Board, appointed from among its members by the relev…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L956-4

For the application of articles L. 621-4, L. 621-10, L. 622-19, L. 622-24, L. 622-26, L. 625-4, L. 626-5, L. 626-20, L. 631-18, L. 641-1, L. 641-8, L. 641-14, L. 661-5 and L. 662-4, the institutions m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56

…to the persons mentioned in the first, second or third paragraphs of Article 706-54, take a biological sample or have it taken under his or her supervision in order to analyse the identification of t…

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