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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article R311-21

…f a portfolio of insurance contracts concluded in the territory of one or more Member States of the European Economic Area, pursuant to Article L. 311-31, Article L. 311-36, II of Article L. 311-42 or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-3-3

…se head office is in France or in another Member State or other State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area may be represented unconditionally by a claim on that undertaking. The techni…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-11

Provisions relating to risks transferred to a supplementary occupational pension fund, an insurance company, a reinsurance company, a mutual insurance company or union governed by Book II of the Mutua…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article D712-30

…ation of the filing of an application for registration of the trademark, containing the name of the community or the name of the country concerned, in the Official Bulletin of Industrial Property. Whe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rural equipment support

Article L3232-1-2

…the financing of aid granted by the region in favour of departmental, interdepartmental or regional committees for sea fishing and marine farming within the meaning of articles L. 912-1 et seq. of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R1323-1

…ried out on : 1° Novel foods within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/2283 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on novel foods ; 2° Foods to which substa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article R613-51

…ting to a financial agreement pursuant to IV of Article L. 613-46-1, the parent undertaking and the competent authorities concerned are notified of the reasoned decision within four months of receipt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuous evaluation of the risk-benefit ratio and transmission of new data

Article R5121-74-7

…me request the holder of the marketing rights for the medicinal product which is the subject of the compassionate access authorisation or, where applicable, its authorised representative, to provide i…

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

Article D5141-55-1

…s and forming the subject of the dossier referred to in Article 87 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repe…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1461-2

…s deleted; 2° In article L. 1330-1, the words: "article 346 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union" are replaced by the words: "the protection of the essential interests of its securit…

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