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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quality control

Article D6221-23

I.-The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) determines an annual program…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Digital health space, shared medical file and pharmaceutical file

Article L1111-23

…l record is implemented by the Conseil national de l'ordre des pharmaciens mentioned in article L. 4231-2.A decree by the Conseil d'Etat, issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l'i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Withholding taxes and levies on certain income and profits earned by companies not established in France for tax purposes

Article 235 quinquies

…combating tax fraud and tax evasion and which is not non-cooperative within the meaning of Article 238-0 A or, for the withholding tax provided for in 2 of article 119 bis, in a State which is not a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article D214-233

The securitisation undertaking's custodian is responsible for the safekeeping of the cash and of the original deeds, or, failing this, copies, from which the undertaking's receivables arise. However,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

The following are entered in the wanted persons file in respect of judicial decisions: 1° Search warrants, orders and notes issued by the public prosecutor, investigating, trial or sentence enforcemen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Intermediaries and price allocation.

Article L143-23

A decree in Council of State shall determine the measures for the implementation of Chapters I and II above and of this Chapter, in particular the emoluments to be allocated to the clerks of the comme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-23

The liability actions provided for in articles L. 223-19 and L. 223-22 shall be barred after three years from the date of the harmful event or, if it was concealed, from the date of its disclosure. Ho…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-23

The producer of an audiovisual work is the natural or legal person who takes the initiative and responsibility for making the work.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Rental investment giving entitlement to a tax reduction

Article L122-23

…cate any other information relating to the characteristics of the investment; b) Be included in the main body of the advertising text. Any breach of the provisions of this article is subject to an adm…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-23

Any failure to comply with the provisions of articles L. 224-59 to L. 224-62 is punishable by an administrative fine of up to €3,000 for a natural person and €15,000 for a legal entity. This fine is i…

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