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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Provisions relating to confidentiality and cooperation

Article R613-78

The notification referred to in II of Article L. 613-58 shall be accompanied by a copy of the decision of the resolution board and shall specify the date on which the resolution measure(s) adopted tak…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-135

Where, in the cases referred to in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the public prosecutor to whom the investigation has been referred refuses t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article L462-6

…concurrence shall examine whether the practices referred to it fall within the scope of Articles L. 420-1 à L. 420-2-2 ou L. 420-5, are contrary to measures taken pursuant to Article L. 410-3 or may b…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Content of the project management contract

Article L2422-7

…inancial and accounting control exercised by the project owner at the various stages of the project;4° The conditions under which approval of the preliminary design studies and acceptance of the work…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Protection of representatives

Article R7343-71

Without prejudice to the exercise of the rights provided for in Articles 15 to 21 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of indivi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-142-7

…he category of acts of the professional recovery procedure mentioned in table 2 of article appendix 4-7, the emolument breaks down into:1° A principal emolument and a fixed fee for transmission, fixed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-7

…a secondment or availability, at the end of one of the leaves of absence granted under articles R. 6152-38 to R. 6152-41 in the event that they do not benefit from the provisions of the second paragr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Pharmaceutical establishments in public health establishments.

Article R5124-70

In support of the application for authorisation provided for in article L. 5124-3, public health establishments must prove that they were manufacturing medicinal products industrially on 31 December 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Pharmaceutical establishments in public health establishments.

Article R5124-71

In each of the public health establishments mentioned in article R. 5124-68, the pharmaceutical establishment or establishments are placed under the responsibility of a pharmacist in charge within the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Pharmaceutical establishments in public health establishments.

Article R5124-73

…stablishment. The delegate pharmacist is chosen from the staff mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 6152-1. He is appointed, with the agreement of the pharmacist in charge, by the general manager or t…

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