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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Documents specific to publicly traded companies

Article L232-7

Companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market shall append to their annual accounts a table relating to the allocation and appropriation of distributable sums to be proposed to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Authorisations

Article R511-4

…ly 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-3

…9, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may at any time ask the marketing authorisation holder to submit data demonstrating that this balance remains favourable.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: UCITS.

Article D214-1

…he notification file to the competent authorities of the host country in which the UCITS intends to market its units or shares, no later than ten working days from the date of receipt of the notificat…

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

Article D214-32-4-1

…he competent authorities of the host Member State in which the units or shares of the AIF are to be marketed, no later than twenty working days after the date of receipt of the notification letter and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Powers of investigation.

Article R450-2-4

…ly 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-8

…n order to prepare for the award of a contract, the National Council may carry out consultations or market studies, seek advice or inform economic operators of its project and requirements. The result…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R5222-1

…2. It is carried out on all in vitro diagnostic medical devices after they have been placed on the market, as well as on the in vitro diagnostic medical devices mentioned in article L. 5221-5.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3

…pital in an undertaking over which a significant influence is effectively exercised; 11° "Regulated market" means one of the following markets: a) in the case of a market located in a Member State, a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 671

The First President shall receive the supplementary pleading of the applicant, if any, and that of the magistrate whose disqualification is proposed; he shall take the opinion of the Public Prosecutor…

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