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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-4

…an Union, the prescription of one of the medicinal products mentioned in 6°, 14° and 15° of Article L. 5121-1, in Article L. 5121-3, and points a and d of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) N…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-4

…all call on a wide range of qualities and skills when recruiting the persons referred to in article L. 421-7 and, to this end, shall implement a policy favouring diversity within the corporate bodies…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-4-1

…rt, even on an ancillary basis, of medical devices, to make the declaration provided for in article L. 5211-3-1, is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Antenatal diagnostics: prenatal diagnosis and pre-implantation diagnosis.

Article L2131-4-2

…ioners who have been approved for this purpose by the Agence de la biomédecine mentioned in Article L. 1418-1 under conditions laid down by regulation may carry out biological diagnosis using cells ta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Powers of the Regional Council

Article L4433-4-5

…the Republic, be associate members of regional bodies, mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 3441-3, or observers to them. The regional councils of these regions may submit to the Government…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-6

…irement where, on the basis of the controls and examinations carried out in accordance with Article L. 533-2-3, it finds that a Class 2 investment firm or a Class 3 investment firm that has not been e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-40-1

…r, if any, for the purposes of drawing up the report provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 225-40.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct

Article L519-4-2

…ore entering into a banking transaction or payment service, the intermediary referred to in Article L. 519-1 must provide the customer with information relating in particular to his identity, his regi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-4

The supervisory authorities referred to in 3° to 16° of I of Article L. 561-36 shall put in place procedures to ensure that any failure to comply with the obligations defined in this Title and supervi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2a: Farm-saved seed

Article L623-24-4

…deemed to have been marketed and is considered to be an infringement within the meaning of article L. 623-25.

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