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Showing 22812290 of 36396 articles for Art. Décret n° 2015-1437 du 5 novembre 2015

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Negotiating and formalising the commercial relationship

Article L441-5

…in compliance with articles L. 441-1 and L. 442-1 to L. 442-3, for any purchase of manufactured products, manufactured at the request of the purchaser with a view to being incorporated into its own p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 706-51

…istrate, either from among the child's relatives, or from a list of persons whose constitution procedures shall be laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. This decree also specifies the conditions…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-50

…antee and Resolution Fund manages the surety guarantee mechanism. Where applicable, articles L. 312-5 to L. 312-15, 3°, 4°, 5°, 7° and 9° of article L. 312-16 and article L. 312-18 apply to this mecha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Prevention of business difficulties.

Article L611-5

The conciliation procedure is applicable, under the same conditions, to legal persons under private law and to natural persons exercising an independent professional activity, including a liberal prof…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Dispensing to the public

Article R5126-58

The list mentioned in 1° of article L. 5126-6, medicinal products : 1° Registered on the initiative of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article L1223-5

…lications for authorisation provided for in Article L. 1223-4 are made according to a timetable and during a period determined by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Inter-municipal equalisation fund, allocations and other revenue distributed by the local finance committee

Article L2573-51

…ive resources from the intercommunal equalisation fund under the conditions provided for by Article 52 of Organic Law No. 2004-192 du 27 février 2004 portant statut d'autonomie de la Polynésie françai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK I: Commerce in general.

Article Annexe 1-5-2

ENNEX 1-5-2 STANDARD FORM FOR SIMPLIFIED ANNUAL ACCOUNTING PUBLICATION STATEMENT-BUSINESS 1. Declarant (1) Name or business name of the legal entity Registered with the RCS, number Identity and capaci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R4211-54

…thorisation for a health care organisation to carry out the activities mentioned in Article R. 4211-53 is sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of toxicovigilance

Article R1340-5

…public health, the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail and the regional health agencies with territorial jurisdiction under the conditions defin…

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