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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article R4422-16

…f its members and after consultation with the chairman of the Executive Council, for a period not exceeding two days.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-162

…a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150 shall implement a pharmacovigilance system in order to fulfil its pharmacovigilance obligations, and in particular to collect and sci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-166

…erved during a post-authorisation study; 2° To report, electronically, to the European "Eudravigilance" database: a) Any suspected serious adverse reaction occurring in a Member State of the European…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-164

…t or a product referred to in Article R. 5121-150 has at its disposal on a permanent basis the services of a person responsible for pharmacovigilance residing and practising in a Member State of the E…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-165

…oduct referred to in Article R. 5121-150 may not communicate information relating to pharmacovigilance to the general public about this medicinal product or product without sending it, beforehand or,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-168

…have an impact on the marketing authorisation; 2° A scientific evaluation of the risk-benefit balance of the medicinal product or product based on all available information, including that resulting…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-169

…the European Parliament and of the Council in order to request the setting of European Union reference dates or a change in the frequency of submission of periodic safety update reports, for reasons o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-167

…nisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150 implements procedures to obtain accurate and verifiable information for the scientific evaluation of suspected adv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: National register of persons who lend themselves to research involving the human person

Article R1121-16

…y the investigators of the research mentioned in 1° of article L. 1121-1. Its implementation and procedures are determined under the conditions defined by Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Subscription, purchase or pledge by companies of their own shares.

Article R225-160

…s, in the order of the trades carried out:1° The date of the transaction;2° The purchase or sale price or, failing that, the unit purchase price;3° The number of shares purchased or sold at each price…

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