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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article R5521-1

Articles R. 5121-11, R. 5121-21, the first and fourth paragraphs of article R. 5121-25 and article R. 5121-37-2 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna.Subject to the adaptations provided for in Article R…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…orementioned provisions; 4° It authorises one or more persons who do not comply with Articles L 533-25 to L. 533-27-1 to become or remain a member of the management body; However, the provisions of C…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V quinquies : Duties levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie (National Health Insurance Fund)

Article 1635 bis AE

I. - Filing with the agency mentioned in article L. 5311-1 of the Public Health Code of each:1° Application for registration referred to in articles L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14 of the same code, of each…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-8

The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty:1° Failure by any person exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article L. 5121-1 or by any holder of the authorisat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Net gains and distributions relating to carried interest rights

Article 242 ter C

…r article L. 214-37of the Monetary and Financial Code in its wording prior to Order no. 2013-676 of 25 July 2013 amending the legal framework for asset management, professional private equity funds or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Suppression of public drunkenness and protection of minors.

Article L3353-3

…the public prosecution may be extinguished, under the conditions set out in articles 495-17 to 495-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the payment of a fixed fine of €300. The amount of the redu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Administrative fines

Article L8115-1

…h of :1° The provisions relating to maximum working hours set out in articles L. 3121-18 to L. 3121-25 and the regulatory measures adopted for their application;2° The provisions relating to rest peri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Operations following death (R)

Article R2213-2-1

…uire immediate coffining in a simple coffin, meeting the characteristics defined in article R. 2213-25, and its closure; c) The list of transmissible infections for which, if they are suspected, an ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-1

…f Article L. 561-2-2, means the natural person(s) who either directly or indirectly holds more than 25% of the company's capital or voting rights, or by any other means exercises control over the comp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…esearch assistants governed by decree no. 85-402 of 3 April 1985 amended by decree no. 92-339 of 30 March 1992 .-moniteurs et allocataires-moniteurs normaliens régis par le décret n° 89-794 du 30 octo…

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