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Showing 14011410 of 36505 articles for Art. EU Regulation 2020/1503 du 7-10-2020

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Livestock health programmes and groups authorised to purchase, hold and dispense veterinary medicinal products

Article R5143-10

Under the conditions laid down in article L. 5143-7, the regional prefect of the group's registered office approves the animal health programmes and grants approval to the groups mentioned in article…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-10

…er obtaining the opinion of the authorities referred to in l'article 1er de l'ordonnance n° 45-2717 du 2 novembre 1945, may only intervene in cases where the mention "died for France" should have appe…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Modifications

Article L2112-10

The acts pronouncing the modification of the territorial boundaries of the communes determine all the conditions thereof other than those provided for in article L. 2112-7. When the required act is a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership

Article L22-10-63

…to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market subject to the dispositions du II de l'article L. 433-3 du code monétaire et financier.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of hospitals and universities.

Article L6142-10

When the association of one or more medical, pharmaceutical or odontological structures of public health establishments or another public body with the missions of a university hospital centre defined…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to elections.

Article D4233-10

…nd substitutes, may draw up a circular, the characteristics of which are laid down in the electoral regulations.These circulars, drawn up in French, may only be devoted to the presentation of the two…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Deposits required from legal entities whose registered office is on French territory.

Article R123-103

…n this Article shall be adapted by order of the Minister of Justice, the Minister responsible for industrial property and the Minister responsible for the supervision of the legal entity.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The Institut d'émission des départements d'outre-mer (IEDOM)

Article L721-10

…nnual report on trends in payment periods, the factors behind them and the solutions available to reduce them, which is sent to Parliament and the Minister for the Economy. It makes proposals to ensur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Addiction care, support and and prevention centres

Article D3411-10

The medicinal products are kept in a place to which persons not belonging to the organisation do not have free access and are stored under the conditions laid down in the marketing authorisation, unde…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures.

Article R57-10

Home detention under electronic surveillance of persons under house arrest with electronic surveillance ordered by the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge and that of persons sentence…

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