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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Advertising aimed at the health professions

Article R5122-8

…ive composition in active ingredients, with the common name, and in constituents of the excipient, knowledge of which is necessary for the correct administration of the medicinal product; 5° The marke…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-68

…ureties, endorsements or guarantees in the name of the company to tax and customs authorities, with no limit on the amount.At any time of the year, the Supervisory Board carries out the checks and con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General principles

Article L1130-4

…interests of the members of his or her family who may be concerned if a doctor suspects a genetic anomaly which may be responsible for a serious condition justifying preventive measures, including ge…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to the use of administrative police powers in resolution proceedings

Article L311-30

…y board;3° Enjoin this person to submit, within a period set by the College of Resolution which may not be less than one month, a request for the transfer of all or part of its portfolio of insurance…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L421-1

Under the conditions set out in this Title, administrative penalties may be imposed on persons who have failed to comply with the obligations resulting for them from: 1° Provisions adopted for the app…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2412-1

…rm contract:1° Trade union delegate ;2° Elected member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee;3° Trade union representative on the social and economic committee;4° Local represen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-10

…ster and may obtain a copy. The national order of masseur-physiotherapists has a right of access to nominative lists of civilian masseur-physiotherapists employed by public and private organisations a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisional documents issued while an application submitted via the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15-2

…of an application for the first issue of the residence permit referred to in article L. 426-12 does not authorise the holder to work, unless it is issued in application of article L. 426-13 and the be…

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

Article L5124-13

…ory of medicinal products for human use and the import and export of gene therapy preparations or xenogenic cell therapy preparations mentioned in 12° and 13° of Article L. 5121-1 are subject to prior…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L743-11

…column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 221-1 and L. 221-2 law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 221-3, with the exception of the last paragraph, and L. 221-4 Law n…

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