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Showing 751760 of 66753 articles for Art. s. L. 221-1 & L. 221-2

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Duties and activities of pharmacies

Article L5125-1-2

…an Economic Area may carry out, on behalf of a pharmacy holding the licence provided for in Article L. 5125-18, the activity of subcontracting preparations provided for in the second paragraph of Arti…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Transactions carried out by supplementary occupational pension funds

Article L143-2-1

…mentary occupational pension fund, which primarily provide the service referred to in 1° of Article L. 321-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code and are authorised in France or in another Member State…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-22-1

…ndustrielle shall ensure the publication, in the manner mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 612-21 : 1° Of the mention of the registration of the unitary effect and the effective date of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Materials vigilance.

Article L5212-2-1

…ncy for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products, the health establishments mentioned in Article L. 6111-1 and the facilities mentioned in Article L. 6322-1 are required to fill in the registers cr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Mental health policy and organisation of psychiatry.

Article L3221-2-1

…forces hospital or by an element of the armed forces health service mentioned in 2° of I of article L. 6147-12, this signature is subject to the agreement of the Minister of Defence. In the case of an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-1

The Board of Directors comprises a minimum of fifteen members and a maximum of thirty members. Its composition is determined in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1424-26. The seats are divi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-27-1

…of a fire and rescue service board of directors, who receive, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 1424-27, allowances for the actual performance of their duties, are affiliated to the supplementa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-12-2

…ulting the Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee, in compliance with the provisions of Articles L. 1451-1 to L. 1452-3. These rules stipulate in particular the conditions under which declarations…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-2-1

…ubsequent claim covering the same sequence if that claim itself satisfies the conditions of Article L. 611-18 and that it sets out another specific application of this sequence.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Changes relating to powers.

Article L5211-17-2

…the conditions set out in the second to fifth paragraphs and in the last two paragraphs of article L. 5211-17. The deliberations mentioned in the second paragraph of the same article L. 5211-17 defin…

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