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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-12

…tat, relating in particular to: 1° The name and business address of the natural person canvassing ; 2° The name, address and, where applicable, the registration number referred to in article L. 546-1…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Nordic cross-country skiing and related activities.

Article A212-192-9

…sports de montagne (Higher Council for Mountain Sports) under the conditions set out in theorder of 26 April 2013 relating to the specific training for the State diploma of national Nordic cross-count…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

Until 1 January 2020, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall publish the annual information referred to in Article L. 355-5 according to the following timetable a) No later than 20 weeks after t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Renewal and transfer of approval

Article D1-12-12

Application for the transfer of approval, and the investigation and approval of the transfer of approval are carried out under the same conditions as those laid down for the issue of approval.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-12

…sation is issued for a period of five years. It specifies the differences mentioned in article R. 5141-123-8 with the speciality that has obtained marketing authorisation in France. An extract of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Amending entries.

Article R123-124

…tering or directing a legal entity resulting from a final court decision or administrative decision;2° Court decisions pronouncing the dissolution or nullity of the legal entity;3° The death of a regi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-19-1

…of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property referred to in Article R. 411-19 shall be that of the place of residence of the person lodging the appeal.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pledge of goods represented by a storage receipt

Article R522-24-4

…RCS followed by the name of the town or city where the registry where it is registered is located; 2° The date on which the pledge was created; > The amount of the claim 3° The principal amount of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article R225-120

…rticular, the following information:1° The company name, followed, where applicable, by its acronym;2° The form of the company;3° The amount of share capital;4° The address of the registered office;5°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an individual basis

Article R5121-201-4

…nal product to a patient. This traceability also applies to the research referred to in Article L. 1121-1. This traceability supplements the requirements relating to the traceability of tissues and ce…

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