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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-14

…unless the undertaking only wishes to underwrite operations falling within one or more sub-branches. For the undertakings mentioned in 4° of Article L. 310-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III

Article R963-1

For the application of Article R. 310-3 to Saint-Barthélemy, the words: "chambre de commerce et d'industrie territoriale" are replaced by the words: "chambre économique multiprofessionnelle de Saint-B…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions adapting Book III

Article R973-1

For the application of article R. 310-3 in Saint-Martin, the words: "chambre de commerce et d'industrie territoriale" are replaced by the words: "chambre consulaire interprofessionnelle de Saint-Marti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Foreign workers.

Article R5523-11

Notwithstanding article R. 5523-10, foreign nationals who are legally resident in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may be authorised to work there. They must enclose an employment contract with their applicat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-14

…maceutical form ;c) Its qualitative and quantitative composition, using the international non-proprietary names where they exist or, failing this, the names of the European or French pharmacopoeia;d)…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Administrative authorisation.

Article R5142-10

…horisation was granted after the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or the Prefect had been informed in accordance with the procedure laid down…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Examination of projects on behalf of unauthorised buyers

Article R2212-13

…t grouping or a public establishment, in compliance with the legislative and regulatory provisions determining their powers or responsibilities.Purchasers may be consulted for the purposes of this exa…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Determining repayment capacity

Article R731-1

…monthly resources to be used to pay off his debts is calculated in accordance with the conditions set out in articles L. 731-1, L. 731-2 and L. 731-3, by reference to the scale provided for in articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-108

Any medicinal product which does not have a marketing authorisation as referred to in Article L. 5121-8 or an early access authorisation as referred to in Article L. 5121-12 or a compassionate access…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-1

The information sent to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution pursuant to Article L. 355-1 must be approved in advance: a) For the report on the solvency and financial situation, by the…

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