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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-18-6

…es 4, 5, 9 and 10 of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories with regard to complianc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common principles

Article L6323-3

…tuation or loss of employment.Rights acquired in hours, in accordance with article 22 quater of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants, are retained and convert…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-2

…5125-1-1 A are applicable in the territory of Wallis and Futuna in the wording resulting from Law No. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 on the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system.Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-5

…rojects have not been sent, the directors general of the regional health agencies will draw up on 1 July 2016, in accordance with the regional health plan provided for in article L. 1434-3, a list of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 2: Filing of amending deeds.

Article R123-105

…plicable, publication of the notice provided for in Article R. 210-9 or to the article 24 of decree no. 78-704 of 3 July 1978 relating to the application of the loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article A123-80-4

…n provided for in article L. 123-1-1 of the French Commercial Code or by V of the article 19 of law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 relating to the development and promotion of trade and craft trades, a sta…

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

Article R5121-37-2

…llowing the granting of a marketing authorisation, including for an authorisation granted before 21 July 2012, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-163

…or each medicinal product or each product for which the marketing authorisation was issued after 21 July 2012; 2° Monitors the results of the risk reduction measures described in the risk management p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Accommodation

Article L552-6

…egard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and by the loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, un traitement automati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members of the Board of Directors

Article A211-3

…on the institution's Board of Directors, the practical details of which are set out in Appendix II-17. The Director General of the Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance sets…

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