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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information

Article R444-20

I.-Pursuant to 1° of Article L. 444-5, practising professionals on 1 January of the calendar year shall provide the Ministers of Justice and the Economy, for the purposes of statistical verification,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Provisions relating to the public establishment for the protection of Mediterranean forests

Article L1424-63

The resources of the public establishment include:1° Subscriptions from member local authorities and public establishments. These subscriptions constitute compulsory expenditure for the latter;2° Dona…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D211-45

The deliberations of the Board of Directors and the decisions taken by the Director acting on behalf of the Board of Directors which, within a period of ten days following receipt of the minutes or th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L4211-9-2

By way of derogation from 1° and 4° of Article L. 4211-1 and in the context of the research referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 1121-1, the manufacture, import, export, distribution and u…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11: Offences committed by account holders.

Article 1740 C

Unless the first paragraph of Article L. 564-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, failure by an account holder to remit, under the conditions set out in Article L. 102 AG of the Book of Tax Procedure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-12

The Etablissement Français du Sang is subject to the provisions of titles I and III of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, with the exception of 1° a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R743-68

The company is automatically dissolved if all the partners simultaneously request their withdrawal under the conditions provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-12

Where a Community herbal monograph has been established or where the herbal medicinal product consists of herbal substances, preparations or combinations thereof included in the list drawn up by the C…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-121

The application for a parallel import authorisation is accompanied by a dossier comprising : 1° A sample of the proprietary medicinal product which has obtained marketing authorisation in France and a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Support systems for the general public and professionals to coordinate complex healthcare pathways

Article D6327-6

…ders of an authorisation to carry out one of the healthcare activities mentioned in article R. 6122-25 and, in the case of the specific regional perinatal schemes, of birthing centres under the condit…

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