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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal regulations

Article R1423-26

The rules of procedure are enforceable only after they have been approved by the first president of the court of appeal and the public prosecutor at the court of appeal. If they have not given their o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation and resources

Article R1233-22

The chairman, after consulting the staff representatives, shall draw up a single set of rules of procedure for the administrative social committee and its specialised committees. These rules are drawn…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-8-1

…of: 1° Transferable securities giving access to the capital mentioned in Article L. 228-1 or money market instruments, within the meaning of Article 4 of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliame…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L632-17

I. - Market infrastructures that disseminate or make available to the Autorité des marchés financiers or the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution information relating to transactions in fi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-14-1

Traditional herbal medicinal products that meet the following criteria are not subject to marketing authorisation: 1° They are designed to be used without the intervention of a doctor for the purposes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation of food vigilance

Article R1323-6

…foodstuff, its trade name, the category to which it belongs, the capacity of the various packagings marketed, its conditions of use and any other useful information relating in particular to the quali…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7b: Compassionate prescribing frameworks

Article R5121-76-9

…dication concerned. II. - Except in emergencies, the Director General of the Agency will inform the marketing authorisation holder of the medicinal product concerned or the company responsible for mar…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-4-4

…ngine high-pressure cleaners, shall ensure that: From the date on which the tools are placed on the market, the following conditions are met 1° From the date on which the first unit of a model is plac…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-22

…development of creation" group and, for video games specifically intended for an adult audience and marketed as such, a "Contextualisation of violence" group.Video games are deemed to meet the conditi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-7

…icle 67(1) of Directive 2014/65/ EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments and amending Directive 2002/92/ EC and Directive 2011/61/ EU, for t…

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