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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3b: Hybrid specialities

Article R5121-9-6

Unless there is a risk to patients' health, proprietary medicinal products which fulfil the conditions for being a reference proprietary medicinal product in an existing hybrid group may, by decision…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Generic specialities

Article R5121-5-1

Unless there is a risk to patients' health, proprietary medicinal products which fulfil the conditions for being a reference proprietary medicinal product in an existing generic group may, by decision…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Acquisition of assets and assignment of contracts

Article L2231-1

By decision of the purchaser, the holder of the partnership contract may be responsible for acquiring the assets necessary for carrying out the operation, including, where appropriate, by means of exp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-214

The following are deemed to be liquid within the meaning of the third paragraph of Article L. 3332-17 of the Labour Code: 1° Transferable securities admitted to trading on a French or foreign regulate…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Shelf life

Article R2184-13

The purchaser shall keep the contract documents for a minimum period of five years for supply or service contracts and ten years for works, project management or technical control contracts as from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Organisational requirements

Article L420-3

I. - The operator of a trading venue shall put in place effective systems, procedures and mechanisms to ensure that its trading systems are resilient, have sufficient capacity to handle high volumes o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-17-1

…terms of payment of the rental debt previously granted by the judge seized pursuant to the article 24 of law no. 89-462 of 6 July 1989 aimed at improving rental relations and amending the loi n° 86-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Verification and admission of claims.

Article R624-6

…itive admission of claims provisionally admitted pursuant to the fourth paragraph of Article L. 622-24 and which have been the subject of a writ of execution or are no longer contested. When the offic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L213-26

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-121

…211-24 to 211-35, after application of an excess set at €50,000. Repayment is m…

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