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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-41

…he head of the service, of the functional unit or any other internal structure concerned, decide to call upon a doctor, medical student, pharmacist or pharmacy student belonging to one of the categori…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Penalties

Article L824-13

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-10

…or his representative; 3° The Director of the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale or his representative; 4° The Director General of the Institut national de la propriété industr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-12

For the adoption of the amending resolutions provided for in 4° of article R. 121-9 and those relating to building leases provided for in 9° of the same article, recourse to a procedure for consulting…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-2

I. - The transactions referred to in Article 19 of the same Regulation shall be communicated by the persons referred to in a to c to the Autorité des marchés financiers and made public by the latter,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-23-2

…on from I of article L. 5125-23, the pharmacist may dispense, by way of substitution for the biological medicinal product prescribed, a similar biological medicinal product where the following conditi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-279

…Companies as a company in the trades and crafts sector pursuant to 3° of article L. 123-36 must indicate in its declaration for registration purposes: 1° The number of employees; 2° Where applicable,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-3

…or its authorised representative, the information set out in item 12 of C of the same table or the categories or classes of shares held by each shareholder; 3° Where applicable, at the express reques…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-22

…n equities and debt securities of a single issuer where, in accordance with the fund rules or the SICAV's articles of association, the aim of the UCITS' investment policy is to replicate the compositi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-37

…mmission comprises :1° A regional councillor ;2° Two chairmen of departmental councils; and in Corsica, the chairman of the executive council;3° One representative of the groupings of communes;4° One…

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