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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Application for marketing authorisation or registration

Article D5141-55

…25,000 for an application relating to : a) A veterinary medicinal product which is the subject of a complete dossier referred to in Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of and supplementary registrations

Article A123-26

The appointment of the liquidator(s) of a European Economic Interest Grouping shall give rise to the amending registration provided for in Article R. 123-66.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Submission of returns

Article A123-50

Applications for registration and amending registration of European economic interest groupings shall be accompanied by the supporting documents provided for in Annex 1-1 to this book.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation to manufacture, import and distribute active substances.

Article R5138-2

…8-1, with the exception of the name of the establishment's legal representatives, is entered in the European Union database.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-44

A commission is set up, chaired by a representative of the State, and composed, in addition, of half representatives of representative professional press organisations and half representatives of repr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-5

…of preparation, as well as cell therapy preparations, prepared and stored in a Member State of the European Union or party to the agreement on the European Economic Area. Any element or product of th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-27

In the event of an on-site audit, a report is drawn up. The draft report is brought to the attention of the management of the audited entity, who may make comments, which are included in the final rep…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-1

…provisions of section 2 of Chapter III of Title II of Book I and shall draw up a written management report. They shall include in the appendix:1° A statement of sureties, endorsements and guarantees g…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-12-1

…d to in Article L. 5312-1, a national ombudsman shall be set up to receive and deal with individual complaints relating to the operation of this institution, without prejudice to existing means of app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-3

The committee gives a reasoned decision. The hearing takes place and the decision is given in chambers. The debate is oral; the claimant may be heard in person at his request or that of his counsel; h…

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