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Showing 34513460 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-6

…676 of 25 July 2013, subject to the following adaptations: 1° In 1°, the words: "in accordance with Directive 2009/65/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordinati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific rules concerning third countries for the management of FIAs

Article R532-32

…ocedure for designating, within one month, the reference Member State provided for in Article 37 of Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011.Where France is de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Name and identification of the medicinal product

Article R5121-4

…ith the provisions of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 of 2 October 2015 supplementing Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council by laying down detailed rules con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-137

…e particulars relating to the legal status of supply to the patient, in accordance with Title VI of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Communi…

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

Article R5121-107-9

…luded on the list drawn up by the Commission of the European Communities pursuant to Article 16f of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Communi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Prescription and orders for professional use.

Article R5132-3-1

…rliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004; b) The prescriber objects, on medical grounds,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-12

…give rise to a right to compensation under the conditions set out in articles L. 125-17 and L. 125-18.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Setting up a collective shop

Article L125-9

…eir securities, shares or units, under the conditions provided for in articles L. 125-17 and L. 125-18.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-22

…the information referred to in Article L. 4321-10-1; 5° The procedures for applying article L. 4321-18-1 in order to guarantee equal access for women and men to the various councils of the order of ma…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subtitle IV: Other procedures

Article 848

…shall apply to the following group actions initiated on the basis of Title V of Act No 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century: 1° The action initiated on th…

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