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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Freedom to provide services in the activity of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction by nationals of Member States of the European Union and States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

Article L321-28

…rty to the Agreement on the European Economic Area are subject to the provisions of articles L. 321-23 to L. 321-23-3. However, the penalties of a temporary or permanent ban on carrying out the activi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Designation of a registrant and a correspondent

Article R561-28

By way of derogation from Articles R. 561-23 and R. 561-24, the persons mentioned in 1° to 6° and 7°a of Article L. 561-2 who belong to the same group within the meaning of Article L. 561-33 may agree…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-2

…de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, in accordance with Article 6 of Directive 2004/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on setting standards of quality…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-50

…pend or withdraw marketing authorisations; 3° The list of medicinal products referred to in Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004; 4°…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article R211-2

…provided for in 8° of article L. 211-3 is exercised under the conditions defined in articles R. 122-23 to R. 122-28.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title IV: Rights of database producers

Article R341-2

…provided for in 6° of article L. 342-3 is exercised under the conditions defined in articles R. 122-23 to R. 122-28.

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

Article L2221-1

Communes and syndicates of communes may directly operate services of public interest of an industrial or commercial nature. Operations likely to be managed by private companies, either by application…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common rules

Article R519-19

The provisions of articles R. 519-21, R. 519-22 and R. 519-23 apply when the customer or potential customer is a natural person.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Representation of professional platform organisations

Article R7343-80

…mber of the year preceding the year of the declaration of candidacy provided for in article L. 7343-23.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of the company

Article R6223-77

For the application ofarticle 23 of law no. 47-1775 of 10 September 1947, the cooperative societies mentioned in this section come under the authority of the Minister for Health.

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
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