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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Packaging characteristics

Article L3512-21

I.-The labelling of unit packets, any outer packaging and the tobacco product itself may not include any element or device that : 1° Contributes to the promotion of a tobacco product or encourages its…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Applicable procedures.

Article R5221-21

The in vitro diagnostic medical devices referred to in Article L. 5221-5 may be exempted from conformity assessment procedures only if the procedure corresponding to the category of device does not in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-21

Without prejudice to the obligations to provide information laid down by Article L. 5212-2 or by any other legislative or regulatory provision, the staff of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-21

The authorisation holder may decide to add a doctor and a deputy to the composition of this committee, as well as a representative of the board of directors or the collegiate body acting in its place…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-215

…is prohibited.Shares pledged by the company must be returned to their owner within one year. They may be returned within two years if the transfer of the pledge to the company results from a univers…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article L225-216

A company may not advance funds, grant loans or give security with a view to the subscription or purchase of its own shares by a third party. The provisions of this article do not apply either to curr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for ratifying agreements in companies with fewer than eleven employees

Article L2232-21

…rade union representative and where the usual number of employees is less than eleven, the employer may propose a draft agreement or an amendment to the employees, covering all the subjects open to co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of intoxication to toxicovigilance organisations

Article R1340-12

…rité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail, any additional information they may have on cases they have reported and on cases that have been reported by a third party. The orga…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 septdecies

…Mutual Code and provident institutions governed by Title III of Book IX of the Social Security Code may allocate a special solvency reserve account up to the amount of taxable income for the financial…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-21

After the coffin has been closed, the body of a deceased person may not be transported to a commune other than that in which this operation took place, without a prior declaration made, by any means i…

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