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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-3

…aving himself regularly replaced when he is absent from the pharmacy of which he is the proprietor; 11° Not having at his disposal, for the practice of his profession, the number of pharmacists who sh…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-20

…nvolving the human person is filed by the sponsor on the information system mentioned in article R. 1123-20-1, which assigns it to a personal data protection committee under the conditions provided fo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-3

…and in Article L. 228-3 is, for each security owner, as follows: 1° Those listed in items 1 (a) to 11 of Table 2 of the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L785-1

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 611-1, with the exception of 11 Order no. 2015-558 of 21 May 2015 L. 611-1-1 Law 2013-672 of 26 July…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L783-1

…in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 611-1, with the exception of 11 Order no. 2015-558 of 21 May 2015 L. 611-1-1 Law 2013-672 of 26 July…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Institutions responsible for regulation and control

Article L784-1

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 611-1, with the exception of 11 Order no. 2015-558 of 21 May 2015 L. 611-1-1 Law 2013-672 of 26 July…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the College of Experts

Article R1142-63-18

I.-The college of experts referred to in Article L. 1142-24-11 includes, in addition to its chairman, who is a member of the Conseil d'Etat, a magistrate from the administrative order or a magistrate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Register of security interests and other related transactions

Article R521-32

…t or ship. When consulting registrations of orders issued in application of article L. 184-1 or L. 511-11 of the French Construction and Housing Code relating to a building in which a business operate…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article R641-8

…name of the statutory auditor auditing its special accounts pursuant to, as applicable, article L. 811-11-1 or III of Article L. 814-10-1.III. - For the application of the third paragraph of III of Ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-37

…resentative of the municipalities;5° Four representatives of associations approved under article L. 1114-1;6° One representative of associations of retired and elderly people;7° One representative of…

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