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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-70

A local investment fund : 1° May not hold more than 35% of the capital or voting rights of any single issuer. However, due to the exercise of exchange, subscription or conversion rights and in the int…

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

Article R5121-48

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may prohibit the prescription and supply of a proprietary medicinal product and withdraw it from the mar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-21

When an application for authorisation concerns a generic veterinary medicinal product of a reference veterinary medicinal product which has not been authorised in France but which has been authorised…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Monitoring and alert system for medicinal products

Article R5312-1

…supplied to patients, public announcements for its recall are issued as a matter of urgency, within 24 hours. These announcements contain sufficient information on the suspected quality defect or fals…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Meetings of staff representatives.

Article L1233-30

…ments mentioned in 2° of this I which are the subject of the agreement mentioned in article L. 1233-24-1 are not subject to the consultation of the social and economic committee provided for in this a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Illegal practice.

Article L4161-2

…in particular by articles L. 4111-7 and L. 4141-3-1, as well as by article 8 of law no. 71-1026 of 24 December 1971 amending the public health code; 2° Any person who, in possession of a valid title,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-13

…e this information relates to a claim declared on behalf of the creditor pursuant to Article L. 622-24, it renders this declaration null and void if the judge has not ruled on the admission of the cla…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-3

…declare their claims to the liquidator in accordance with the procedures set out in articles L. 622-24 to L. 622-27 and L. 622-31 to L. 622-33. If the determination of the tax base and calculation of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article R712-12

…exception of those mentioned in Articles R. 712-15, R. 712-16-1 and R. 712-18, 1° of article R. 712-24 and articles R. 716-5, R. 716-6, R. 716-11, R. 717-2, R. 717-5 and R. 717-8. The request must be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article R64

…s capacity as manager of the said file, in accordance with Articles 706-53-3, R. 53-8-3 and R. 53-8-24 ; c) Persons entered in the automated national judicial file for perpetrators of terrorist offenc…

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