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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Provisions relating to the conclusion, assessment and implementation of group financial support agreements

Article L613-46

…more of the other parties to the agreement. This agreement may provide for financial support in the form of a loan, the granting of guarantees, the provision of assets that can be used as collateral o…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Information for guests.

Article R1112-2

…ealth establishment. This file contains at least the following elements, classified as follows : 1° Formalised information collected during outpatient consultations provided in the establishment, duri…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments

Article R4211-58

…tigational advanced therapy medicinal product; 3° The manufacture or import of a new pharmaceutical form or a new pharmaceutical product not mentioned in the current authorisation; 4° The implementati…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-9

…of a new category of veterinary medicinal product;the manufacture or import of a new pharmaceutical form; - the implementation of a new product;the manufacture or import of a new category of veterinar…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Legal regime

Article L5217-7

…cle L. 5211-5. II. - When some of the member communes of a syndicat de communes or a syndicat mixte form part of a metropolis, as a result of the creation of this metropolis, the merger of public esta…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-11

The transfer of the performer's rights mentioned in this code is subject to the condition that each of the rights transferred is the subject of a separate mention in the contract concluded with the ph…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Advertising

Article L312-6

…e or figures relating to the cost of credit clearly, precisely and visibly mentions the following information using a representative example: 1° The borrowing rate and whether it is fixed, variable or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: The investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36-1

…re and rescue services, by the prefects of the defence zones for which they are responsible, in the form of grants for carrying out a specific operation corresponding to actual investment expenditure…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-37

…s and units or rights in bodies governed by foreign law with an equivalent purpose and of a similar form mentioned in 5° of the same I ;2° At least 5% of the assets referred to in 8° and 9° of I of ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Funds repayable from the public

Article L312-2

Funds that a person collects from a third party, in particular in the form of deposits, with the right to dispose of them on their own account but with the obligation to return them, are deemed to be…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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