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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medicinal products covered by an early access authorisation or a compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-144

I.-The labelling of the medicinal products mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 5121-12 includes at least the following information: 1° The name of the medicinal product or, where appropriate, its code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Medicinal products covered by an early access authorisation or a compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-145

The labelling of the medicinal products mentioned in II of article L. 5121-12-1 includes at least the following information: 1° The name of the medicinal product or, where appropriate, its code name o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to all national interest markets.

Article R761-21

…e for policing the market may decide to transfer it within the reference perimeter. The cost of relocating professional vendors and brokers shall be borne by the authority that requested the transfer.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Special schemes

Article 223 L

1. (not applicable).2. Group companies may not benefit from the tax credit mentioned in articles 220 quater and 220 quater A.3. Deductions made by group companies under the provisions of II of article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1458 bis

I. - Establishments that sell periodicals to the public as agents registered with the commission referred to in Article 26 of Law No. 47-585 of 2 April 1947 on the status of newspaper and periodical p…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-5

…ority is recognised in France does not render null and void the declaration provided for in article 21-2 in favour of the spouse who contracted it in good faith.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for project development

Article 422-18

Production companies meet the conditions for eligibility for financial aid, as applicable: 1° For the preparation of feature-length cinematographic works, as provided for in article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Organisations authorised to conclude contracts that may be extended to rightsholders who are not members of the organisation

Article R329-18

…of the authorisation has a period of one month in which to present its observations and, where applicable, the measures it intends to take to comply. Withdrawal of authorisation is pronounced by the M…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-18

…nts of the company contracted prior to his withdrawal, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1857 of the Civil Code, for a period of five years. For the application of the provisions of the pre…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-18

…valuates the fulfilment of its various missions. It is the scientific body, provided for by article 14 of decree no. 2002-628 of 25 April 2002 taken for the application of law no. 2002-5 of 4 January…

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