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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-7-1

…of €150,000: 1° Continuing, with regard to the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 the activities that have been the subject of one of the measures provided for in paragraph 4 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-7-2

…re not taken into account for the purposes of applying the provisions of Articles L. 225-21, L. 225-77 and L. 225-94-1 of the French Commercial Code; 6° The Board of Directors, the Management Board or…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-7-1

Where the inventor is a natural person who is not covered by Article L. 611-7 and who is hosted under an agreement by a public or private legal person carrying out research, the right to the industria…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-7-2

…52-48; 6° Avis sur la mise à disposition d'un praticien hospitalier, prévu à l'article R. 6152-50 ; 7° Opinion on the request for placement in search of an assignment, as provided for in the second an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-79-2

…he members whose number and method of appointment are provided for in Articles L. 225-69 and L. 225-75 of this code, members representing employees.A company whose principal activity is to acquire and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-2-2

…21 of this Code, may carry out the identity checks provided for in the seventh paragraph of Article 78-2, for the purposes of investigating and prosecuting the following offences:1° Acts of terrorism…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-1

…rtaking reallocates to the special technical reversal provision referred to in 3° of Article R. 441-7, set up in respect of this agreement, part of the assets contributed to represent the commitments…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Compensation grants

Article L3334-7-1

…qual in 2004, for each department, to the amount due in respect of 2003 pursuant to article L. 3334-7-1 as it stood prior to the Finance Act for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003), increased by…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control.

Article D214-32-7-13

…urchase of shares or acquisition of its own shares by the company, as defined in articles D. 214-32-7-14 and D. 214-32-7-15; 2° Does not vote, within the governing bodies of the company concerned, in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
APPENDICES TO PART ONE

Article Annexe 13-7

…ended to intentionally cause risks or inconveniences for the interests mentioned in article L. 1333-7.Activation: a process by which a stable nuclide is transformed into a radionuclide by irradiating…

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