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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Declarations

Article R1333-109

…ation sources is subject to declaration when the activity meets one of the following two conditions:1° The weighted sum of the radionuclide activity mass concentrations divided by the declaration limi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Foreign investment subject to prior authorisation

Article R732-14

…7 are automatically applicable in New Caledonia.II. - For the application of I, in article R. 151-3:1° In 2° of I, the words: "listed in Annex IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Foreign investment subject to prior authorisation

Article R733-14

…re automatically applicable in French Polynesia.II. - For the application of I, in article R. 151-3:1° In 2° of I, the words: "listed in Annex IV of Council Regulation (EC) No 428/2009 of 5 May 2009 s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-10

…in g of 2 of Article 9 of this same Regulation. II.The purpose of the processing mentioned in I is: 1° To enable persons born of medically assisted procreation with a third-party donor to access, when…

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

Article R5121-163

…pany or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150 : 1° Implements a risk management system for each medicinal product or each product for which the mark…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Overall effective rate

Article R754-5

I. - Article R. 313-1 is applicable, subject to the adaptations in II, in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Decree no. 2016 884 of 29 June 2016.II. - For the application of I…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation between sections

Article R1423-6

Cases are divided between the sections of the industrial tribunal in accordance with : 1° For the management section, article L. 1423-1-2 ; 2° For the other sections, the allocation table provided for…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-19

The deliberative assemblies of local authorities and their groupings decide on the principle of any delegation of public services to a local public company or a single-operations semi-public company,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 412-10

Direct allocations are paid during the first half of each year:1° To delegated production companies, 70% of the amount. Where there is more than one delegated production company, payment is made on th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Provisions applicable to the communes of Mayotte

Article R2564-1

For the application to the communes of Mayotte of the provisions of the second part of this code: 1° The reference to the department or region is replaced by the reference to the Department of Mayotte…

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