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Showing 20412050 of 60927 articles for Art. L 442-5 II

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-50-9

Where it is considering taking a write-down, conversion, transfer or other resolution measure in respect of an asset located in a third country or in respect of rights, undertakings, capital securitie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article R462-5

I.-The Competition Authority shall be informed in advance of the group purchasing agreements referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 462-10 when the following two conditions are met: a) The t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-59

The company carrying out the activity of wholesaler-distributor declares to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé the territory in which each…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Wholesale distribution

Article R5124-58

The pharmaceutical establishment of a company or organisation mentioned in Article R. 5124-2 engaged in wholesale, free transfer or wholesale distribution must keep, for each incoming and outgoing tra…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55-12

The conversion of eligible liabilities or additional tier 1 or tier 2 capital instruments into equity securities as referred to in Chapter II of Title I of Book II or into other forms of property is e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-55-8

I. - In the month following the implementation of an internal bailout measure in respect of a person mentioned in I of Article L. 613-34 for the purposes indicated in 1° of I of Article L. 613-55, the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Liability for defective products

Article 1245-5

A producer, when acting in a professional capacity, is the manufacturer of a finished product, the producer of a raw material, the manufacturer of a component part.Any person acting in a professional…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Mediation.

Article 131-5

The natural person who carries out the mediation measure must satisfy the following conditions:

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5-2

The regional health agencies may enter into a contract with a private health establishment of collective interest mentioned in 2° of article L. 6161-5 and doctors employed full-time by these establish…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-5

I. - Legal entities declared to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in articles L. 465-1 to L. 465-3-3 of this Code…

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