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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Specific provisions relating to assignment subledgers

Article R342-1

…following is drawn up: a) An appropriation profit and loss account ; b) An appropriation balance sheet account, showing the assets of the contract(s) or relating to the commitments and its technical p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Société d'exercice libéral de pharmaciens d'officine.

Article R5125-19-1

Registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register is governed by articles R. 123-31 et seq. of the Commercial Code, subject to the following provisions. The joint representative appointe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of post-authorisation safety studies

Article R5121-178-1

This article applies to the post-authorisation safety studies referred to in Article R. 5121-178 which are carried out either voluntarily by the holder of the marketing authorisation referred to in Ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-152

…ing radiation and particle accelerators are acquired, distributed, imported, exported, transferred between Member States of the European Union, sold, taken back and disposed of.The following are exclu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article R513-1

…ded for in Article L. 513-1 results from a declaration by its holder drawn up under the conditions set by the decision referred to in Article R. 514-5. It may be specified that the extension is only v…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-142

…all primary packaging on which it is impossible to include all the information specified in Article R. 5121-138 may bear only the following information: 1° The name of the medicinal product or product…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3:Allocation of the second part of the grant provided for in Article L. 2511-39 (R)

Article R2113-23

The provisions of Article R. 2511-22 are also applicable to the associated communes mentioned in article L. 2113-26 as it read prior to la loi n° 2010-1563 du 16 décembre 2010 de réforme des collectiv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval of the plan.

Article R626-18

…ed to close the proceedings by the public prosecutor, by any creditor or by the legal representatives. It shall rule, the debtor having been heard or called. The judgment of closure is notified to the…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Seizure of assets placed in a safe deposit box

Article R224-10

…erty placed in the safe with a view to handing them over to a third party, a summons to deliver or return shall be served on the person required to hand them over on the first working day following th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to interruptions of pregnancy by instrumental methods

Article R2212-12-1

…a doctor in the health centre to carry out voluntary terminations of pregnancy by the instrumental method under local anaesthetic, the health centre must meet the following conditions: 1° Have signed…

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