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Showing 29312940 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4131-5

By way of derogation from Article L. 4111-1 and until 31 December 2025, the Directors General of the Regional Health Agencies of Guadeloupe, Guyana and Martinique and the State Representative in Saint…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-2

…ement of credit institutions or investment firms which are part of a group ; 2° The opening of a procedure likely to result in the imposition of a sanction, the adoption of a measure provided for in A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ic: Combating drug supply shortages

Article L5121-33

I. - Except in cases of force majeure, in the event of a stock shortage of a medicinal product of major therapeutic interest for which a stock shortage or risk of a stock shortage presents a serious a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-18

…or value added tax pursuant to Article 256 A of the General Tax Code who make the first sale in France of medical devices defined in Article L. 5211-1 of this Code and in vitro diagnostic medical devi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-3

…several pharmacies. However, these provisions do not apply to the cases provided for by the law of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: The single body responsible for business formalities

Article R123-14

I.-Registrants benefit from free assistance in completing the formalities and procedures mentioned in article R. 123-1. This assistance is provided by the single body, the consular chambers and the re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Fire and rescue service administrative board and fire and rescue service administrative and technical committee (R)

Article R1424-18

The administrative and technical committee of the fire and rescue services mentioned in article L. 1424-31 comprises, in addition to the two referents mentioned in 3° of this article:1° The department…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article R613-24

…institution with one or more branches in another Member State within the meaning of Article L. 613-31-1, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall immediately inform the competent au…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-50

The Director General of the Agence de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) makes public, in particular via the Agency's website: 1°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Regional hospitals

Article D6141-15

The list of hospital centres designated as regional hospital centres pursuant to Article L. 6141-2 is as follows:1° Centre hospitalier régional d'Amiens ;2° Angers regional hospital centre ;3° Centre…

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