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Showing 51015110 of 6711 articles for Art. CA Rouen 13 juin 2000 n° 1999/04931

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions specific to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution

Article L632-15

…of 26 July 1968 relating to the disclosure of economic, commercial, industrial, financial or technical documents and information to foreign natural or legal persons, the Autorité de contrôle prudenti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations.

Article L5426-2

…ons or xenogenic cell therapy preparations without the authorisation referred to in article L. 5124-13; 4° Preparing, storing, distributing, transferring, importing or exporting these products without…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Conditions for authorising certain research sites

Article R1121-12

The application for authorisation is sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, or to the Minister of Defence when the research is carried out in places under his authority, who will…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-15

…ncludes in particular the payment of dividends and interest on shares;2° The provisions relating to capital reductions do not apply to a reduction in subscribed capital the purpose of which is to neut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for authorising laboratories

Article R1131-14

…and 2° of Article L. 6122-2, the granting or renewal of the authorisation, mentioned in Article R. 1131-13, to perform the analyses mentioned in 1° and 2° of Article R. 1131-2 is subject to compliance…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for approval of practitioners

Article R1131-10

…y, in accordance with the following criteria: 1° Participation by the practitioner in continuing education in the field of genetic characteristics testing ; 2° Obtaining qualifications, carrying out w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Settlement of public claims.

Article D626-14

Applications for debt remission are examined by a commission comprising the heads of financial services and representatives of the bodies and institutions concerned. The composition and operating cond…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-16

The commissioner responsible for the implementation of the plan shall be allocated, in respect of a mission to collect and distribute dividends determined by the plan, remuneration equal to an emolume…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Sentence adjustment procedure applicable to released prisoners

Article D147-12

…person concerned with regard to any reductions in sentence that may be granted in respect of the incarceration undergone while in pre-trial detention. The decision is then taken without the prior opi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Reporting serious adverse events associated with healthcare

Article R1524-5

Articles R. 1413-67 to R. 1413-73 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2017-885 of 9 May 2017, subject to the following provisions: 1° Article R. 1413-68 is a…

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