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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to portfolio management companies.

Article R532-12

The Autorité des marchés financiers will notify the applicant of its decision within three months of the date of receipt of the file that complies with the standard file.The AMF may extend this period…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Temporary suspension of right to practise on grounds of infirmity or medical condition

Article R4221-15-3

The provisions of articles R. 4221-15-1 and R. 4221-15-2 are applicable before the National Council. The decisions of the National Council are also notified to the competent Regional Council or Centra…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Expertise procedure for medical accidents

Article L1142-12

…erts meet all the conditions required to guarantee their independence from the parties involved. It may, however, appoint a single expert from the same list if it considers this sufficient. In the abs…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common section

Article A212-120

…hs before the date set for the defence. The document must be at least forty typewritten pages long (21 × 29.7 page format, recto only).B. - A modern foreign language test (coefficient 1) chosen from E…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-11

…e conditions, in the form and according to the modes of expression provided for in the contract. He may not, without written authorisation from the author, make any changes to the work. He must, unles…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-11

The reserve price is the minimum price agreed with the seller below which the property may not be sold. If the property has been estimated, this price may not be set higher than the lowest estimate ap…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative proceedings for a declaration of invalidity or revocation of a trade mark

Article R716-11

…re, after suspension of invalidity proceedings in the cases provided for in 2° and 3° of Article R. 716-9, the applicant has not responded, within the time limit set by the Institute, to the Institute…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article L4424-11

I. - The Corsican sustainable development and development plan may specify the terms of application, adapted to the specific local geographical features, of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of the town…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-110

Private individuals may only import a medicinal product in a quantity compatible with personal therapeutic use for a period of treatment not exceeding three months under normal conditions of use, or f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Interventional activity under medical imaging in neuroradiology

Article R6123-110

I.- Authorisation to carry out interventional neuroradiology imaging may only be granted, maintained or renewed if the holder of the authorisation complies with a minimum annual activity set by order…

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