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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: La Monnaie de Paris

Article L121-3

…uring, on behalf of the State, the metal coins mentioned in article L. 121-2 ; 2° Manufacturing and marketing, on behalf of the State, French collector coins with legal tender status;3° Combating coun…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R433-1

…on pain of nullity: 1° An inventory of these goods, indicating whether or not they appear to have a market value; 2° A mention of the place and conditions of access to the premises where they were dep…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Recognition of disabled worker status.

Article L5213-2

…mpanied by referral to an establishment or service providing assistance through work, to the labour market or to a vocational rehabilitation centre. Discharge from a work-support establishment or serv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Examination of the application.

Article R5141-13

The application for marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mutual recognition procedure.

Article R5141-47-3

In order to obtain recognition in France of a marketing authorisation issued by another Member State of the European Union, known as the reference State, the holder of this authorisation must submit a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1245-31

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:1° Unique European code: unique identifier applied to tissues and cells circulating in the European Union. This code is composed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to transferable securities

Article L228-6-1

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, when the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders has authorised a transaction resulting either in an exchange of shares o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Ingredients and emissions

Article L3513-13

…ers or has reason to believe that products in its possession which are intended to be placed on the market or are placed on the market are unsafe, not of good quality or not in compliance with this Ch…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Joint and several liability of those responsible

Article L481-10

…mpensate the damage suffered by victims other than its direct or indirect contractors where: 1° Its market share on the relevant market is less than 5% throughout the period during which the anti-comp…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Harvesting

Article 407

…of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922/72, (EEC) No 234/79,…

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