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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-1

…ssued by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or by the European Commission, or of a medicinal product whose marketing has been discontinued and whose marketing auth…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 0

…e plan Copy of the judgment indicating the adoption of the transfer plan and the appointment of the commissioner for the implementation of the plan and, where applicable, the court-appointed administr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L785-2

…Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC are replaced by the words: which are likely to seriously jeopardise t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Other authorised agents

Article L511-22

…rmentés de l'Etat chargés du contrôle des instruments de mesure ; 7° Les agents de l'Etat agréés et commissionnés par le ministre chargé de l'agriculture ; 8° Agents entrusted with the task of monitor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Professional secrecy

Article L511-33

I. - Any member of a board of directors or, as the case may be, of a supervisory board, and any person who in any capacity participates in the management or administration of a credit institution, a f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Professional secrecy, accounting and statutory auditing

Article L522-19

…se rules when they use the international accounting standards adopted by regulation of the European Commission. IV. - All payment institutions must publish their annual accounts in accordance with the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical laboratory technician

Article L4352-6

The competent authority may, after obtaining the opinion of a committee composed in particular of professionals, individually authorise to practise the profession of medical laboratory technician, a n…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General rules.

Article R326-1

I.-When, at the request of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution, the Enforcement Committee or the resolution college of this authority, the liquidation of an undertaking mentioned in a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Election and composition.

Article L4422-18

During the meeting provided for in Article L. 4422-8 and after electing its standing committee, the Assembly of Corsica shall elect from among its members the Executive Council of Corsica and its Pres…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Pricing and approval.

Article L5123-2

The purchase, supply, assumption of responsibility and use by public authorities of medicinal products defined in articles L. 5121-8, L. 5121-9-1, L. 5121-13 and L. 5121-14-1 or benefiting from a para…

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