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Showing 15611570 of 20314 articles for Art. CAA Paris 28-5-2013 n° 12PA03642

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-57

I. - If the fund rules provide for capital to be called up in stages, it shall be paid up by the unitholders at the request of the management company before the end of the lock-up period provided for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Manufacture of and trade in beverages

Article R3322-5

…tion is issued to the person responsible for organising it by the prefect of the département or, in Paris, by the police prefect or, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, by the Bouches-du-Rhône pol…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for approval

Article R212-50

…e considered as such. With the exception of the single catchment area made up of the departments of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne, a catchment area is defined as the area o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-5

Articles D. 1432-28 and D. 1432-29, the first four paragraphs of article D. 1432-31, articles D. 1432-32 to D. 1432-35, D. 1432-37, D. 1432-39, D. 1432-41, the last two paragraphs of article D. 1432-4…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Common provisions

Article R40-55

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article 111 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 modififiée relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, l'accès aux données mentionnées à l'articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members

Article D5211-5

…his same article L. 5211-13. Transport costs are covered under the conditions defined by the décret n° 2006-781 du 3 juillet 2006 fixant les conditions et les modalités de règlement des frais occasion…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R8252-5

…ting to the implementation of the provisions of article L. 8252-2. The departmental prefect and, in Paris, the police prefect will keep the Office informed of the measures taken with regard to the emp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-8

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or the applicant for marketing authorisation may refer the matter to the European Medicines Agency with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-9

In specific cases of interest to the European Union, the Director General of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products or the applicant shall refer the matter to the European…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-11

At the end of the Community arbitration procedure implemented in accordance with the provisions of Articles R. 5121-51-8 and R. 5121-51-9, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du m…

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