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Showing 751760 of 3730 articles for Art. EU Directive 85/374/EEC

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Packaged spring waters.

Article R1321-84

Spring water is underground water that is microbiologically sound and protected against the risks of pollution. On emergence and during marketing, it respects or satisfies the quality limits or refere…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 12: Payment incidents and penalties

Article L131-72

Cheque forms other than those issued for a withdrawal of funds by the drawer from the drawee or for certification may not, subject to the provisions of Article L. 131-78 and under the conditions set o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-4

In the event of a refusal of validation provided for in paragraph 3 of Article 70 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, a refusal of authorisation…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Notice of modification

Article R3135-10

…ed for in Articles R. 3135-2 and R. 3135-5. This notice is published in the Official Journal of the European Union under the conditions set out in Articles R. 3122-4 to R. 3122-6, in accordance with t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title III: Procedures and penalties

Article R335-11

…inister responsible for customs issues decisions falling under Articles 9, 12 and 16 of Regulation (EU) No 608/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3-2

The reprocessing of single-use devices referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, their placing on the market and their use ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The High Council of Statutory Auditors

Article R821-19-1

The High Council shall inform the body referred to in Article 30(2) of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of all administrative measures and penalties imposed in accordance with the provisions of this Title.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-92

Applications for direct allocations must be submitted by the delegated production company no later than 31 December of the calendar year in respect of which the direct allocations are calculated in ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the importation of labile blood products for direct therapeutic use.

Article D1221-63

The authorisation to import labile blood products for direct therapeutic use is issued by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé to the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

…for rightholders, pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 113-10, in the Member State of the European Union where the first publication or, in the absence thereof, the first broadcast of the wo…

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