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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-9-4

…de santé, specifying the reasons, of any action taken, in France or in another Member State of the European Union, to suspend or stop the marketing of this medicinal product, to request the withdrawa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-1

…th the provisions of this code: 1° Foreign nationals who are not nationals of a Member State of the European Union, another State party to the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation ; 2° A…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-146

Each committee is co-chaired by the same number of members.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision of the departmental committee.

Article L752-22

Committees authorise or refuse projects in their entirety.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R312-3

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-4

I. - Each Specialised Commission shall meet when convened by the Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers or at the request of half of its members. In the event of absence, the Chairman of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: General provisions applicable to joint stock companies.

Article L224-3

When a company of any form that does not have a statutory auditor is converted into a joint stock company, one or more conversion auditors, responsible for assessing under their responsibility the val…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article L4313-1

…at is at stake. The presentation provided for in the third paragraph of this article as well as the report sent to the regional council on the occasion of the debate on the budget guidelines for the f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article D214-240-6

The former specialised finance company that retains the assets whose disposal would not be in the best interests of investors pursuant to Article L. 214-190-2-1 and the new specialised finance company…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article D214-240-7

…to Article L. 214-190-3-1, and the new specialised finance fund have the same portfolio management company, the same asset custodian and the same auditor. The portfolio management company shall immed…

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