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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Accreditation procedures for opening a medical biology laboratory

Article R6221-1

…hall make the information form and the self-assessment questionnaire available on its website. No later than sixteen weeks before its planned opening date, the medical biology laboratory shall send th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-11

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé keeps an up-to-date list of authorised legal entities or individuals, giving their names and addresses a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure for authorising the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 for therapeutic purposes, as provided for in the first and third paragraphs of II of Article L. 1245-5.

Article R1245-10

…lated to the quality and safety of the imported tissues and cells. III. - These persons keep a register of their activities in which they record in particular the types and quantities of tissues and c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-15

…tioned in this sub-section, the authorised agents have the powers defined in Sections 1 to 3 of Chapter II of this Title and may implement the measures provided for in Article L. 521-1 and Section 2 o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1-1

…out the tasks entrusted to them by law and who have been specially designated by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for the budget may, regardless of the administration to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-1-1-2

…s they invest in shares admitted to trading on a regulated market, either directly or through the intermediary of a portfolio management company referred to in Article L. 532-9 of the same code, with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-10

When the meeting deliberates on the approval of a contribution in kind or the granting of a special benefit, the shares of the contributor or beneficiary are not taken into account for the calculation…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Formation with a public offer other than one of those mentioned in 1° or 2° of Article L. 411-2 of the Monetary and Financial Code or in Article L. 411-2-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code.

Article L225-11

…unds from cash subscriptions may not be made by the company's agent until the company has been registered in the Trade and Companies Register. If the company is not incorporated within six months of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 120

Sont considérés comme revenus au sens du présent article :1° Dividends, interest, arrears and all other income from shares of any kind and founders' shares in financial, industrial, commercial, civil…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 121

…ncome within the meaning of article 120: 1° The amortisation of all or part of the share capital, interest shares or limited partnerships carried out by the concessionary companies of the State, dépar…

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