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Showing 12711280 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-7

…product is obtained from a company authorised within the meaning of Articles 44 or 65 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 as amended on the Commun…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-171

…ssessment procedure for periodic safety update reports provided for in Article 107g(1) of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, that the marketing authorisation should be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure.

Article R5141-47-9

…e application of the Community arbitration procedure provided for in Articles 36 to 38 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council when divergent decisions have been taken by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General powers

Article R3551-6-1

…essional firefighters belonging to the employment frameworks provided for in article 64-1 of law n° 2001-616 of 11 July 2001 relating to Mayotte and volunteer firefighters who, subject to specific rul…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure

Article R5121-51-8

…e application of the Community arbitration procedure provided for in Articles 32 to 34 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council when divergent decisions concerning the aut…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L5524-3

Mayotte may be the subject of specific agreements concluded pursuant to Article L. 5422-20, under the conditions laid down in Articles L. 5422-20-1 and L. 5422-20-2. The provisions of Section 3 of Cha…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Seniority requirements

Article L3342-1

…ided for in the first paragraph, automatically replaces, as from the date of publication of law no. 2001-152 of 19 February 2001 on employee savings, any higher maximum seniority condition appearing i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-5

…n the database set up by the European Medicines Agency, in accordance with article 111 of directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R782-5

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeR. 612-20, with the exception of 2°, 3° and 4° of In° 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017R. 612-20-1 with the excep…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R783-5

…ght-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-20, with the exception of 2°, 3° and 4° of In° 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017R. 612-20-1 with the excep…

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