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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-2-1

…e provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products or of this Title.Suspension shall be imposed either for a peri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-5

…f:1° Medicated feedingstuffs as provided for in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of 11 December 2018;2° Veterinary medicinal products is subject to a prescription being written by a veterinarian a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Administrative police measures

Article R784-7

…ovember 2014R. 612-31n° 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-31-1n° 2017-293 of 6 March 2017R. 612-31-2n° 2018-179 of 13 March 2018R. 612-32n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 612-33n° 2010-217 of 3 March 201…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-87

…rovident institutions are cooperative societies, subject to the provisions of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of the cooperative society and of book II of the French Commercial Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-5-2

…res for making the declarations provided for in Article 58 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 are laid down by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article R223-19

If a meeting other than that provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 223-26, the text of the proposed resolutions, the managers' report and, where applicable, the statutory auditors' report…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3142-12

In the absence of an agreement or convention mentioned in article L. 3142-26, in the event of successive renewals of the leave of absence for a close carer or part-time work, the employee shall notify…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Conversion of the agreement.

Article R441-28

…event of conversion of an agreement under the conditions mentioned in articles R. 441-24 or R. 441-26, the assets representing the technical provisions mentioned in 1° and 3° of article R. 441-7 and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L950-1

…nd Futuna Islands:1° Book I, with the exception of Articles L. 123-29 to L. 123-31, L. 124-1 to L. 126-1, L. 135-1 to L. 135-3;Article L. 123-6 shall apply in its wording resulting from the ordonnance…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Savings and provident institutions

Article L512-88

…e credit institutions and may, notwithstanding the provisions of article 3 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947 on the status of cooperation, carry out all banking transactions.

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