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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Coordination committees.

Article D1432-13

Each committee draws up its own rules of procedure.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article R511-17

I. - The rules limiting the number of directorships provided for in II to IV of article L. 511-52 apply within a credit institution or finance company that meets one of the following conditions:1° The…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Directors

Article R533-18

I. - The rules limiting the number of directorships provided for in II to IV of article L. 533-26 apply within an investment firm that meets one of the following conditions:1° The balance sheet total,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-11

…the Articles of Association and, for companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility, in compliance with Articles L. 225-122 to L. 225-125.Voti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-13

Homeopathic medicinal products which satisfy all the conditions listed below are not subject to the marketing authorisation provided for in Article L. 5121-8: 1° Oral or external administration ; 2° N…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3-1

…specified by regulation: 1° Any distributor who, on the national territory, makes available on the market devices referred to in Article 1 of the same Regulation, even on an ancillary basis, excludin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Transferable securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities.

Article R228-90

…giving access to the capital, the company purchasing its shares admitted to trading on a regulated market shall, where the purchase price is higher than the stock market price, adjust the number of s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L743-6

…heme governed by French law and managed by a portfolio management company approved in France may be marketed in French Polynesia. Any investment fund or collective investment scheme established under…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-6

…me governed by French law and managed by a portfolio management company authorised in France may be marketed in the Wallis and Futuna Islands. Any investment fund or collective investment scheme estab…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Generic specialities

Article R5121-6

…proprietary medicinal products likely to constitute such a group. Such a group is created after the marketing authorisation holders of the medicinal products included in the group have been given the…

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