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Showing 68516860 of 13025 articles for Art. Euronext Harmonised Market Rules — derivatives

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Sociétés d'investissement à capital fixe.

Article D214-179

…the SICAF's planned distribution policy, in a document sent to investors and the custodian prior to marketing.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions common to both procedures

Article R5121-51-7

…rticle L. 5121-13. This sub-section does not apply to homeopathic medicinal products subject to the marketing authorisation referred to in article L. 5121-8.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-18

…el import authorisation for a proprietary veterinary medicinal product shall immediately inform the marketing authorisation holder in the country of origin of any serious adverse reaction, within the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-2

Pursuant to the second paragraph of II of Article L. 214-24-1, the marketing in France, with passport, to professional clients, of units or shares of third-country AIFs or feeder AIFs which do not mee…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: AIF marketing and pre-marketing procedures.

Article D214-32-3

Pursuant to the second paragraph of II of Article L. 214-24-2, the marketing, with a passport, in a Member State of the European Union other than France, to professional clients, of units or shares of…

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

Article R5121-76-3

…ent et des produits de santé may, by any means capable of giving a date certain of receipt, ask the marketing authorisation holder of the medicinal product concerned, or the company responsible for it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Application to vary a marketing authorisation requiring an assessment

Article D5141-56

I.-The amount of the fee provided for in 2° of 1 of I of Article L. 5141-8 for a variation to a marketing authorisation requiring an assessment as part of a national procedure or a mutual recognition…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Initiation of the appeal in cassation.

Article 606

Final judgments which rule on part of the main proceedings and order an investigative measure or a provisional measure may be appealed to the Court of Cassation in the same way as final judgments ruli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 359

…favourable to the accused shall be made by a majority of at least seven votes when the Assize Court rules at first instance and by a majority of at least eight votes when the Assize Court rules on app…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-18

Subject to the provisions of this chapter, the rules relating to the deliberations and operation of municipal councils and the rules that apply to municipal councils in the exercise of their powers sh…

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