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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R329-3

Under the conditions laid down in this chapter, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution authorises branches of undertakings referred to in 4° of Article L. 310-2 to transfer all or part o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R4211-36

I. - The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé will notify the applicant of his decision within ninety days from the date of receipt of the applic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R352-3

…east once a year and transmit the result of this calculation to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in accordance with the procedures set out in Article L. 355-1. Insurance and reinsu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Blood transfusion activities

Article R1222-35

…tices defined by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, taken in application of article L. 1222-12. For each of these activities a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Designations of origin

Article L431-3

…spirit drinks and intermediate products. The model of the official logo and its terms of use are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, after consultation with the Institut national de l'origin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Building and public works employers.

Article L6331-35

…applicable to these companies in the event of bad weather, pay a contribution created by agreement between the nationally representative organisations of employers and employees in the building and pu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article L910-3

References made, by provisions of this code applicable to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, to other articles of this code, concern only those articles made applicable in the collectivity with the adaptations…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest and pre-trial detention

Article 137-3

…liberty and custody judge rules by means of a reasoned order. When he orders or extends pre-trial detention or rejects an application for release, the order must include a statement of the legal and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Special provisions for certain types of research

Article L1127-3

…the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 as defined in Article 1 thereof, on cosmetic products containing ingredients of animal origin, the list of which is set by regulation on a p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medical biology laboratory

Article L6212-3

…missions. It also participates in the availability of medical biology services defined in the zone determined in application of b of 2° of article L. 1434-9. They contribute to therapeutic education p…

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