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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Special provisions for certain types of research

Article L1127-3

The research referred to in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 relating to devices incorporating products of human or animal origin, or in the manufacture of which products of human or animal origin are involved…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-3

The Advisory Board referred to in Articles L. 3111-9 and L. 3122-1 shall exercise the same powers in relation to the Board of Directors of the Office, in respect of the damage referred to in the third…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12-2

I.-The territorial professional health community referred to in article L. 1434-12 may be required, under an agreement signed with the regional health agency and the local primary health insurance fun…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-3

It is forbidden for anyone to take out insurance in the event of the death of a minor under the age of twelve, an adult under guardianship or a person placed in a psychiatric hospital. However, this p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-11

An invention is considered to be new if it is not included in the state of the art.The state of the art consists of everything that has been made available to the public before the filing date of the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article R333-3

The rights referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 333-2 are marketed by the league or the commercial company referred to inArticle L. 333-2-1 in accordance with a public and non-discriminato…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-12

The financial holding companies referred to in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of Article L. 517-1, the parent undertakings of finance companies referred to in the sixth and seventh paragraphs of Arti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-26

With regard to compliance with the Solvency Capital Requirement, the eligible amounts of Tier 2 and Tier 3 elements are subject to quantitative limits. These limits are defined in Article 82 of Commis…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Portfolio transfers between a supplementary occupational pension fund and an institution for occupational retirement provision established in another Member State of the European Union or in another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R370-9

The file referred to in 1° of article L. 370-8 shall include the following information: 1° The written agreement between the supplementary occupational pension fund and the institution for occupationa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-8

…admissible; the documents submitted are returned to the applicant and any fees paid are refunded. A reference to a previously filed application made in accordance with c of Article L. 612-2 must indic…

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