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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-12

…end of the company's financial year, for financial years ending between 2 January 2018 and 29 June 2019; d) No later than 14 weeks after the end of the financial year, for financial years ending betw…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products.

Article L5521-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in article L. 5521-3, the first and second paragraphs of article L. 5125-23, articles L. 5125-24 to L. 5125-31 and 3° and 6° of article L. 5125-32 areapplicable…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 6: Declaration of claims.

Article R631-27

Articles R. 622-21 to R. 622-26 are applicable to receivership proceedings.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment

Article D1513-1

Article D. 1332-21 comes into force in Mayotte on 30 June 2015.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conciliation Commission

Article R4311-83

The provisions of articles R. 4123-18 to R. 4123-21 are applicable to nurses.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5221-15

The provisions of article R. 5211-21 are applicable to in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

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

Article L612-22

The provisions of Article L. 612-21 shall apply to European patent applications and European patents.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-4

For pre-production grants awarded in 2020 and 2021, the fifteen-month period referred to in the first paragraph of article 411-29 is increased to twenty-four months. This provision also applies to gra…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 7-9 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 752-4)

Article Annexe 7-9

…ts images from the extract from the authenticated electronic Official Journal No. 247 of 23 October 2019, text No. 15, accessible at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-10

Pursuant to Articles 110 and 116 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products, the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du…

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