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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L774-22

I.- Subject to the adaptation provisions provided for in II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Payment service providers, bureaux de change and electronic money issuers

Article L774-25

…of 9 December 2016 L. 525-6 Order no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 525-6-1, with the exception of 2° of its I Act 2018-727 of 10 August 2018 L. 525-7 and L. 525-8 Law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R324-2

…ted within a given area covering all or part of the municipality. The format of the application is set by order of the ministers responsible for tourism and housing respectively.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to bariatric surgery

Article R6123-210

…owing facilities to enable patients to be treated within a timeframe that is compatible with the safety of treatment: " 1° An intensive care unit; " 2° A technical platform for performing intervention…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
11° bis : Tax reduction for investment in leisure property

Article 199 decies G bis

…ork mentioned in II of this article, adopted from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2019 at a general meeting of co-owners in application of Act no. 65-557 du 10 juillet 1965 fixant le statut de la coprop…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 911-2

…re increased: - by one month, when the claim is brought either before a court that has its seat in metropolitan France, for parties who reside in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Reunion Island, Mayott…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Biological procedures used in medically assisted procreation

Article R2141-1-3

…ed in Article R. 2141-1-1, the Agence de la biomédecine shall compile a technical file specifying : 1° The characterisation or nature of the process ; 2° The procedures and operating methods involved…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of profit-sharing.

Article L3314-5

…agreement may refer to establishment agreements. The following are treated as periods of presence: 1° Periods of maternity leave provided for in Article L. 1225-17, paternity and childcare leave prov…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-23

The following is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros: 1° Without having obtained the favourable opinion of a personal protection committee and, in the case of clinical inv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-22

The following is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros: 1° Without having obtained the favourable opinion of a committee for the protection of individuals and, in the case o…

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