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Showing 441450 of 17413 articles for Art. n° 16-23.120 et n° 16-10.583

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-165

…mergency, simultaneously, to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, to the European Medicines Agency and to the European Commission. This info…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Declaration of voluntary association involvement

Article R5151-16

…espect of the activities mentioned in 6° of article L. 5151-9 must declare to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, by 30 June each year at the latest, the number of hours they have worked during th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-16

The following shall be determined, as necessary, by decree in the Conseil d'Etat:1° The conditions under which the additional information provided for in Article 13 of Regulation 2019/6 of 11 December…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Assessment of the borrower's solvency

Article L312-16

…editor. The creditor shall consult the file provided for in article L. 751-1, under the conditions set out in the order referred to in article L. 751-6, except in the case of a transaction referred to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-16

…spects of the plan;3° The investment policy, the structure of the plan's investments and the match between these investments and the insurance undertaking's commitments under the plan.For this purpose…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-16

…company debts, transfers of company shares and the dissolution of the company and articles R. 422-6 et R. 422-7, the articles of association must state: 1° The surnames, first names, domicile of the p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Conditions for holding office as a member of the community council.

Article L5215-16

…to the conditions for exercising municipal mandates, excluding articles L. 2123-18-1, L. 2123-18-3 et L. 2123-22, are applicable to members of the community council subject to the provisions specific…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R123-163

…n shall be borne by the applicants.In addition to their emoluments regulated by Articles R. 743-140 et seq., the Registrars shall collect, on the occasion of the filings referred to in Article R. 123-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-160

Any striking off shall give rise to the insertion of a notice in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales. The notice shall contain: 1° For natural persons: a) The registration refer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Electronic voting.

Article R723-16

…Minister of the Interior, issued after consultation with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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