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

Article R5212-22

I.-Local materiovigilance correspondents are responsible for: 1° Forwarding without delay, with the exception of the reports mentioned in b, to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article L331-20

When facts likely to constitute a breach of the obligation defined in article L. 336-3 are brought to its attention, the Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique may send…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Special provisions applicable in the event of transfer, termination or death

Article 202 quater

I. - Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 202, where a taxpayer liable for tax under the conditions provided for in 1 of that Article becomes, in order to carry on his profession, a partner in a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Certification of accounts

Article A823-22

The professional practice standard relating to information on previous financial years, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE STANDARD CONCERNING INFORMATION RELAT…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-20

…The status of counterparties is specified in Article 63 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2015/35 of 10 October 2014; b) The recoverability of funds, taking into account the legal form of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-22

The Office national d'indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales (National Office for Compensation for Medical Accidents, Iatrogenic Diseases and No…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Rules applicable to the assignment and recovery of receivables and the preservation of assets.

Article D214-228

I. - The account specially allocated to the fund, as provided for in article L. 214-173, is a bank account held by a credit institution whose registered office is located in a State party to the Agree…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-20

The procedures for applying this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, and in particular :1° The scientific criteria justifying, where appropriate, exemption from bioavailability stu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Treatment of losses incurred before joining the group

Article 223 I

…st its profits, subject to the limits and conditions set out in the third paragraph of I of Article 209 ;b) The share of losses corresponding to the additional depreciation resulting from the revaluat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-20

…report on the state of the local authority provided for in the tenth paragraph of article 33 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service. C.-The rep…

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