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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-2

…pharmaceutical use" means all the constituents of medicinal products within the meaning of Article L. 5111-1, i.e. :1° The active substance or substances. An active substance is any substance or mixt…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L766-2

…ity of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation," are deleted; 2° In Article L. 711-2, the words: "or of one of the States listed in the first paragraph and of which he alone ha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Article L774-14

…cated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 518-2 with the exception of the last two sentences of its second paragraph Act no. 2008-776 of 4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Enforcement measures

Article L633-13

Where a regulated entity uses its membership of a financial conglomerate to evade, in whole or in part, the application of the sectoral rules to which it is subject, the Autorité de contrôle prudentie…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reporting of positions

Article L420-16

…of persons mentioned in IV for the different commodity derivatives, the units mentioned in Article L. 229-7 of the Environmental Code or the financial contracts whose underlying assets are the latter…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2512-4

For the dissolution of the Paris Council, the provisions of articles L. 3121-5and L. 3121-6 relating to the dissolution of the departmental council . This dissolution automatically entails the dissolu…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-4

The body referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 432-2 shall establish a separate accounting record for the transactions it carries out in the name and on behalf of the State pursuant to Arti…

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

Article L5124-18

…2° The terms and conditions of the management lease provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 5124-2 ; 3° The duration and content of the appropriate practical experience which pharmacists in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article L443-2

…compliance with the powers of the local authority; 2° The civic training mentioned in 1° of article L. 413-3 includes a section relating to the history and geography of the local authority of residenc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The National Enrolment and Disciplinary Commission.

Article L814-1

…nder the same conditions as the full members. When the matter is referred to it pursuant to Article L. 811-6 or article L. 812-4 or when it sits as a disciplinary chamber, the commission also includes…

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