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Showing 44014410 of 9933 articles for Art. EU Mutual Assistance Directive 2010/24/EU

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-1

…in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, or in any Member State concerned in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC, irrespective of changes made to the labelling of the medicinal product, which…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-45

The Autorité des marchés financiers may, at the request of the European Securities and Markets Authority:1° Prohibit the marketing, in the European Union, of units or shares of AIFs managed by manager…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair business-to-business commercial practices

Article L442-7

A buyer of agricultural products or foodstuffs who allows his supplier to charge an unfairly low transfer price incurs liability and is obliged to compensate the damage caused. To characterise an unfa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for processing applications

Article R1142-63-7

The application referred to in Article L. 1142-24-2 shall be sent to the Office by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or lodged with the Office in return for a receipt. It is accompanie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Settlement of claims arising from employment contracts.

Article L625-8

…establishment of the amount of these claims, the debtor or the administrator if he has a mission of assistance must, with the authorisation of the juge-commissaire and to the extent of the available f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article D15-1-1

An interministerial technical assistance service is set up within the National Directorate of the Judicial Police, made up of police officers, gendarmerie members and customs officers. This service is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee adviser

Article D1232-9

…o the time spent by the employee adviser respectively within his company and in the exercise of his assistance function. This reimbursement is made on the basis of an application drawn up by the emplo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Vigilance

Article R1125-25

The investigator notifies the sponsor of all serious adverse events and serious incidents without delay after becoming aware of them. This notification is the subject of a written report and is follow…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Registers of gametes, germinal tissue or embryos

Article R2142-33

…e person whose gametes or germ tissue are stored in application of article L. 2141-11;2° The unique European donation code or the anonymisation code of the gamete donor in the case of medically assist…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Arrangements between spouses, either by marriage contract or during marriage.

Article 1095

…t, give to the other spouse, either by simple gift or by reciprocal gift, only with the consent and assistance of those whose consent is required for the validity of his marriage; and, with such conse…

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