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Showing 15311540 of 69211 articles for Art. s. L 237-2 · L 237-15 · L 237-16 · R 237-1

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-16

I. - The information relating to the management of rights that a collective or independent management organisation is required to make available to each rightholder pursuant to I of Article L. 326-3,…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 12: Obligations to declare the transfer of medicinal products used in veterinary medicine

Article R5141-151

I.-The pharmacists mentioned in article L. 5143-2 declare, for sales of veterinary medicinal products containing one or more antibiotic substances or medicinal products for human use containing one or…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules applicable to contracting authorities

Article R2161-15

The minimum period laid down in Article R. 2161-14 may be reduced: 1° To ten days if the contracting authority has published a prior information notice that has not been used as a call for tenders and…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue, redemption and conversion of preference shares.

Article R228-15

In the event of the conversion of preference shares into shares resulting in a capital reduction not motivated by losses, the provisions of article R. 225-152 apply. A court decision rejects the objec…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Actions against the Office.

Article R3122-15

The parties may be assisted or represented by a lawyer.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R5121-156

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° Records any adverse reaction suspected to be due to a medicinal product or to a product mentioned in…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R5121-157

I.-The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, on the basis of concerns resulting from the evaluation of data from pharmacovigilance activities, in…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for registration in national directories

Article R6113-15

At least every two years, the ministries and certifying bodies provide the Director General of France Compétences with statistical data on the professional integration of holders of vocational qualifi…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-16

The commissioner responsible for the implementation of the plan shall be allocated, in respect of a mission to collect and distribute dividends determined by the plan, remuneration equal to an emolume…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Authorisation for cross-border movement of embryos

Article R2141-15

The application for authorisation must be sent to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine by any means capable of establishing a date of receipt.This application shall include a file cont…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
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