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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5461-9

…ion (EU) 2017/745 to the maintenance and quality control obligations provided for under Article L. 5212-1 of this Code;11° The fact that a manufacturer of medical devices and their accessories, or an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: FIA

Article L214-24

…ragraph of III of this article, the second paragraph of III of article L. 532-9 and I of article L. 214-167, it must meet the conditions applicable to portfolio management companies and comply with th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…e in respect of 2003 pursuant to article L. 3334-7-1 as it stood prior to the Finance Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003), increased by 95% of the amount of the general decentralisation a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-1

…ndependence and full responsibility in accordance with the code of ethics mentioned in article L. 4321-21. In the context of hereditary, congenital or acquired, stabilised or progressive pathologies i…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Civil penalties

Article L241-5

…faith obstructs the implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity provided for in articles L. 217-8 to L. 217-19. The administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs, a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-2-4

For its application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, Article L. 615-2 of this code is worded as follows: Art. L. 615-2.-An infringement action shall be brought by the owner of the patent. Unless othe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-69

…are capital of the société centrale de crédit maritime mutuel are governed by article 19 bis of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation. The regional caisses and the unions d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-10

The solvency calculation at the level of the group of insurance and reinsurance undertakings is carried out in accordance with the first method referred to in Article R. 356-19, based on consolidated…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-16

The annual fees provided for in Article L. 612-19 which are due for the European patent must be paid under the conditions provided for in Article 141 of the European Patent Convention. These fees are…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R656-3

…words: "and the transfer decision provided for in Article L. 572-1" are deleted; 5° In Article R. 621-1, the words: "L. 621-1 to L. 621-7" are replaced by the words: "L. 621-1 to L. 621-3"; 6° In Art…

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