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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-48

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may prohibit the prescription and supply of a proprietary medicinal product and withdraw it from the mar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-45

…revenue; 2° The opinion of the agency's medical commission; 3° The opinion of the Agency Committee; 4° The table of permanent posts mentioned in 11° of article L. 6431-6.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-4

Compensation awarded pursuant to articles 706-3 to 706-14 of the Code of Criminal Procedure by the commission set up by article 706-4 of this Code, as well as the compensation and provisions provided…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commencement of proceedings.

Article L621-4

In the opening judgment, the court appoints the official receiver whose duties are defined in article L. 621-9. It may, if necessary, appoint more than one. The president of the court, if he has dealt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-47

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, by a reasoned decision setting out the appeal procedures and deadlines, automatically vary, suspend…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Opposition to cold calling

Article L223-4

…and makes public, on its website, an annual activity report including this data. The operating procedures for the telephone anti-solicitation mechanism, the conditions under which companies have acces…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Creation procedure

Article L2113-4

When the communes concerned by a request to create a new commune are not located in the same département or region, the decision to create the commune may only be taken after the territorial boundarie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: Tied agents

Article L545-4

Natural persons who are tied agents of investment service providers, as well as natural persons who have the power to manage or administer legal persons authorised as tied agents of investment service…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Persons acting as interns

Article R6153-42

…ng for certain diplomas, the list of which is set by order of the ministers responsible for higher education and health; 2° Medical or pharmacy students who are nationals of one of the Member States o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-5

…protection, the judge may order one of the judicial protection measures mentioned in sections 3 and 4 of this chapter.

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