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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2-2

I.-The chairman of the grouping's medical commission has the following duties and responsibilities: 1° In conjunction with the chair of the strategic committee, he/she coordinates the development and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2-5

I.-The chairman of the grouping's unified medical commission is vice-chairman of the strategic committee and vice-chairman of the executive boards of the establishments belonging to the grouping.II.-T…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-1-1

I.-The undertakings referred to in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 may not commence their operations until they have obtained an administrative authorisation issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions concerning monitoring, controls and investigations

Article L632-6

I.-Where the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution or the Autorité des marchés financiers has reasonable grounds to suspect that acts infringing the provisions applicable to investment serv…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Penal provisions.

Article L244-5

Articles L. 242-1 to L. 242-30 apply to European companies. The penalties provided for the chairman, directors, general managers, members of the management board or members of the supervisory board of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Metropolitan France

Article L5217-9

The European metropolis of Lille and the Strasbourg eurometropolis involve the local public authorities of the neighbouring country, cross-border bodies and the European territorial cooperation groupi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Pharmacovigilance notification and reporting

Article R5141-107

The declaration and reporting obligations laid down in this section apply without prejudice to those laid down for veterinary medicinal products authorised by the European Medicines Agency in Regulati…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Adjustment of reporting obligations

Article 440-1

…cies, omissions or shortcomings committed for the first time, during the three years preceding this commission, in the declarations submitted within the time limits. The penalties provided for in arti…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-9

…me limits defined by order of the Minister for Health, so that he can transmit them to the European Commission.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L422-2

…distribute free of charge, products the import of which is prohibited by decisions of the European Commission taken pursuant to Article 18 of Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down…

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