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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Subcontracting of preparations to a pharmaceutical manufacturing establishment

Article R5125-33-3

…dicating the contact details of the subcontracting manufacturers, the categories and pharmaceutical forms of the subcontracted preparations and the active substances they contain, is drawn up by the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Notice.

Article R5141-77

…turers; 2° The name of the veterinary medicinal product followed by the strength and pharmaceutical form as well as the common name when the medicinal product contains only one active substance and be…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the administration and prescription of vaccines

Article R6212-2

…e, the name of the vaccine administered, the date of administration and the batch number. If this information is not recorded, they will issue the vaccinated person with a vaccination certificate cont…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Seller's lien.

Article L141-7

…le resolution of the sale, the seller is obliged to repossess all the elements of the business that formed part of the sale, even those for which his lien and resolutory action have been extinguished.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-8

…nt until the company has been registered in the Trade and Companies Register. If the company is not formed within six months of the first deposit of funds, or if it is not registered in the Trade and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Termination

Article L145-41

…he summons must, on pain of nullity, mention this period. Judges hearing an application made in the forms and conditions provided for in Article 1343-5 of the Civil Code may, by granting time limits,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-21

…the contract, managers or members other than legal entities are prohibited from contracting, in any form whatsoever, loans from the company, from being granted an overdraft by it, in a current account…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature of copyright

Article L111-4

…it is established that a State does not provide works disclosed for the first time in France in any form whatsoever with sufficient and effective protection, works disclosed for the first time on the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-3

…ticles L. 601 or L. 617-1 of the Public Health Code, and from the date of its issue, obtain, in the forms and conditions laid down by this book and specified by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, a supplem…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraphe 1 : Du divorce par consentement mutuel par acte sous signature privée contresigné par avocats, déposé au rang des minutes d'un notaire

Article 229-1

…d its effects, they shall record, each assisted by a lawyer, their agreement in an agreement in the form of a private deed countersigned by their lawyers and drawn up under the conditions provided for…

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