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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for authorisation.

Article R5121-29

…ollowing cases: 1° Its dossier is a simple duplicate of the marketing authorisation dossier for the reference medicinal product, and the pharmaceutical manufacturing establishment, the manufacturing p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 710

…ole president, sitting as a single judge. However, this judge may, if the complexity of the case so warrants, decide of his or her own motion or at the request of the convicted person or the public pr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article L591-5

…or the application of this book in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, in Articles L. 552-6 and L. 552-7, the reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article L6413-6

…I of Title III of Book IV. For the application of these provisions to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the reference to departments and regions is replaced by the reference to the territorial collectivity of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditions of application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article R711-3

…lemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the adaptations in the present book :1° References to the provisions of the General Tax Code, the Book of Tax Procedures, the Customs Code a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Provisions relating to the resolution procedure

Article L613-57-1

I. - When it orders the transfer of part of the assets, rights and obligations of a person subject to resolution proceedings to another entity or when it implements a measure provided for in II of Art…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: General calculation methods

Article 311-37

For each reference work, the sum representing the automatic financial assistance calculated is obtained by multiplying the value of the minute point by its weighted duration.

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

Article L465-3-3

…aging in any other behaviour that results in the manipulation of the calculation of such an index.A reference index is any publicly available or published rate, index or number that is determined peri…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-34

…publisher or by a publisher of on-demand audiovisual media services, may be included on the list of reference works mentioned in article 311-28 drawn up in 2021, provided that the following conditions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-10-1

…y not be marketed until ten years have elapsed following the initial marketing authorisation of the reference medicinal product. However, this period is extended to eleven years if, during the first e…

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