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Showing 711720 of 60095 articles for Art. CA Metz 1-3-2012 n° 09/03355

French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3-1

…the following are required to declare their activities to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, under conditions specified by regulation: 1° Any distributor who, o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-3

The undertakings referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 which reinsure the commitments referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 are subject to the provisions of Arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R5146-1-3

…llowing oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the head office of the agency is located: "I swear and promise to perform my duties well and faithfully and to observe in everything th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The Public Prosecutor's Office

Article D15-3-1

…urt and in legal access centres or any other place designated by the public prosecutor, in order to carry out the tasks entrusted to them, and in particular for the purposes of implementing the measur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services.

Article R4311-38-1

…n of his file, either: 1° Either that he may commence the provision of services without prior verification of his professional qualifications ; 2° Or, where verification of his professional qualificat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Other provisions.

Article R6123-32-10

…evelopment of knowledge of emergency medicine in order to improve the quality and safety of patient care ; 2° Contributes, in conjunction with the emergency care teaching centres set up where necessar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R*322-117-1

…n with the provisions of this section and on the financial situation of the association. Operations carried out pursuant to the said reinsurance treaty by a mutual association which replaces the compa…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Privileges.

Article R*327-1

…L. 327-2 and L. 327-3 is set at an amount equal to the difference between the amount of the technical provisions, as defined in Title IV of Book III of this Code, which appear as liabilities on the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Labelling of preparations

Article R5121-146-3

Ampoules or other small primary packaging on which it is impossible to include all the information provided for in Article R. 5121-146-2 may bear only the information provided for in a, c, d and h of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Master and feeder undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities

Article R214-31-1

I. - Notwithstanding articles R. 214-24 and R. 214-26, a feeder UCITS may invest up to 100% of its assets in units or shares of a single master UCITS governed by French or foreign law and hold up to 1…

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