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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-63-1

Humanitarian wholesale distributors as defined in 8° of article R. 5124-2 are subject to compliance with good practice in the donation of medicinal products, set by order of the Minister for Health an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-10

…eld or fields concerned, from the national list of medical accident experts mentioned in article L. 1142-10 or one of the lists instituted by article 2 of law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 relating to le…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-17

…n of Article 694-4, enforcement of a freezing order shall be refused in any of the following cases: 1° If immunity prevents it or if the property or evidence is unseizable under French law; 2° If it a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Special rules for supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article R332-63-1

Where, in the context of the transactions referred to in Article L. 143-1, the insurance undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 use references to credit ratings issued by credit rating agencies…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-1-6

Subject to reciprocity, the third-country auditors mentioned in I of Article L. 822-1-5 may be exempted from the requirement to be registered on the list mentioned in II of Article L. 822-1 by decisio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: The profession of genetic counsellor

Article L1132-6-1

The provisions of article L. 4002-1 and articles L. 4002-3 to L. 4002-7 are applicable to genetic counsellors.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-6-1

A contribution to finance the mission provided for in IV of article L. 421-1 is introduced, payable by policyholders and allocated to the guarantee fund. This contribution is based on all net premiums…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Expertise procedure

Article R1142-63-11

…he assessment itself on the basis of the claim file, the Office will send its report to the parties and, where applicable, to their counsel, to the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions applicable to Mayotte.

Article R927-1-6

In article R. 712-4-1, the words: "the president of the regional chamber, on a proposal from the president of the territorial chamber where applicable," are replaced by the words: "the president of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Beverages.

Article L3351-6-1

…everages at a fuel sales outlet outside the hours specified in the fourth paragraph of article L. 3322-9 or selling refrigerated alcoholic beverages there is punishable by a fine of €7,500. A repeat o…

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