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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L713-3-2

Subject to the application of the provisions of Article L. 716-4-4, the introduction into the national territory, in the course of trade, of goods, without their being put into free circulation there,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article D214-206-1

The extract from the articles of association of the société de libre partenariat referred to in article L. 214-162-6 is filed in the appendix to the register of companies. It is signed by the general…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Special provisions for airports

Article L5125-7-2

Where several pharmacies are located within the airport, an on-call and emergency service is organised between the pharmacies to meet passengers' medication needs during the days and hours when the ai…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article R123-208-1

I. - The following professions remain subject to the regulations applicable to them: 1° Commercial agents mentioned in articles L. 134-1 et seq; 2° Persons carrying out the activity of press salesman…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The Trade and Companies Register

Article R123-166-2

The application file for approval includes: 1° In the case of a sole proprietorship, a declaration stating its name, its activity, its address, the address of its secondary establishments and the civi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1a: Declaration of the manufacture, import and distribution of excipients

Article R5138-2-1

The declaration provided for in Article L. 5138-1 is sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by a person authorised to bind the company to which the establishme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Actions and resources of members of multidisciplinary occupational health teams.

Article L4624-2-4

In the event of absence from work justified by incapacity resulting from illness or accident lasting longer than a period set by decree, the worker may benefit from a pre-resumption examination by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-8-2

In the absence of an available or suitable pharmaceutical speciality, the medical supply establishments of the armed forces health service may, in order to meet specific defence requirements, import,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article R22-10-27

I.-Any person actively soliciting mandates within the meaning of Article L. 22-10-41 shall publish a regularly updated document entitled "voting policy" on its website. This document may also be consu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Examining Magistrate's Chamber: second instance examining magistrate's court

Article D43-2-1

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