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Showing 28912900 of 54779 articles for Art. Ordinance 2019-359 of 24 April 2019 – restrictive-practices reform

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

Article R743-178

The following funds held by the clerks of the commercial courts on behalf of third parties, for the performance of their duties or mandates received, shall be deposited in a specially allocated deposi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

Article R743-180

At any time, the total sums for which the Registrar of the Commercial Courts is accountable in respect of assignments carried out and mandates received pursuant to Article R. 743-178 must be covered b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

Article R743-182

A joint order of the Minister for the Economy and the Minister for Justice specifies the procedures for movements on the deposit accounts referred to in Article R. 743-178, the conditions for remunera…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

Article R743-179

…he custody accounts mentioned in article R. 743-178 are:- on entry, the sums received by the clerks of the commercial courts on behalf of third parties, pursuant to article R. 743-178, as well as, whe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Account allocated to funds held on behalf of third parties

Article R743-181

As part of a special set of accounts kept in their books, the registrars of the commercial courts open, for mandates received, an account which records all movements concerning these mandates as well…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-2

The opening of an establishment referred to in Article L. 5142-1 is subject to an authorisation issued by the Agence nationale chargée de la sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-8

The acquisition, possession and supply of medicinal products and medicated feedingstuffs held by the groups referred to in Article L. 5143-6 must be carried out under the control of a veterinarian or…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous acts

Article A444-163-1

…tract and its subsequent deeds, where they require a notarial deed pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 2012 of the Civil Code or the second paragraph of Article 2019 of the same code, together…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Rights of the holder of the pharmaceutical dossier

Article R1111-20-4

The holder of the pharmaceutical record may exercise the right of access to data concerning him or her provided for in Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Coun…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Town Council

Article L2573-5

I. - The provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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