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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-112-1

For the purposes of 2° of article L. 5143-2, the following definitions apply 1° "Prohibition on keeping a dispensary open": The prohibition on any veterinarian from preparing extemporaneously, and dis…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Taxes, fees or payments not provided for in the General Tax Code

Article R2333-104-1

…ties or territorially competent public bodies may request that the bodies mentioned in articles L. 213-1 et L. 752-4 du code de la sécurité sociale or article L. 723-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishin…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-12-1

I. - Articles L. 5121-8 and L. 5121-9-1 do not preclude the exceptional use of certain medicinal products for specific therapeutic indications under compassionate access when the following conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxes

Article 1519 B

…e number of megawatts installed in each electricity production unit using mechanical wind energy on 1 January of the tax year. It is not due the year the unit is commissioned.The annual rate of the ta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-1-1

…equired to draw up and update a declaration of interests under the conditions set out in article L. 1451-1. The fact of knowingly failing to draw up such a declaration, to amend it in order to update…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4131-1-1

…ifications issued by one of these States, which do not meet the conditions laid down in article L. 4131-1 but which allow the legal practice of the profession of doctor in that State.In the event that…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Strategic Grouping Committee

Article R6132-10-1

…oposals from the Group Medical Commission, in accordance with the conditions set out in article R. 6132-3.II -The Strategy Committee defines, on the basis of proposals from the Group Medical Commissio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Article L712-11-1

…governing the administrative staff of the chambers of commerce and industry referred to in article 1 of law no. 52-1311 of 10 December 1952 relating to the compulsory establishment of a statute for t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Suspended sentence and adjournment

Article 747-1-1

…e public prosecutor order by reasoned decision, taken in accordance with the provisions of Article 712-6 : 1° To convert a sentence of community service or a probationary suspended sentence including…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-22-1

The preimplantation diagnosis referred to in Article L. 2131-4 may only be carried out if the applicant, whether the couple or the unmarried woman, fulfils the conditions required for the implementati…

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