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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-5

…2021-1017 of 2 August 2021 on bioethics and subject to the adaptations provided for in Article L. 1542-6.Article L. 1231-2 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 202…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L753-16

…Order no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L 341-11 law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-12 Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 341-13 to L. 341-17 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 II.For the applicat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L752-16

…rder no. 2019-1067 of 21 October 2019 L. 341-11 law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 341-12 Order no. 2016-301 of 14 March 2016 L. 341-13 to L. 341-17 Law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 II.For the applicat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The town council.

Article D2573-6

…of 7 April 2000R. 2121-9Decree no. 2021-1311 of 7 October 2021 R. 2121-10 and R. 2121-11 Decree no. 2016-146 of 11 February 2016 D. 2121-12 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000I bis. - For the applicat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A: Authorisation for gendarmerie judicial police officers

Article R15-2-1

…vity may be authorised, under the conditions and according to the procedures set out in articles R. 15-2-2 to R. 15-2-6, to exercise the powers attached to this status for a period of five years from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-1

…uring their active service may be authorised, under the terms and conditions set out in articles R. 15-6-2 to R. 15-6-6, to exercise the powers attached to this status for a period of five years from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article L775-14

…he wording resulting from L. 519-1 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 519-1-1 Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 L. 519-2 Ordinance no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 519-3 and L. 519-3…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Public prosecutions and investigations

Article R256

For the application of articles R. 15-1 and R. 15-5, a paragraph worded as follows completes these articles:"When the person concerned is in office on an island other than that on which the court of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-28

…he application for renewal of authorisation in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 15-33-25 to R. 15-33-27-1. This request must be accompanied by the order referred to in article R. 1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-37

…sation may be withdrawn if the person ceases to satisfy one of the conditions set out in Article R. 15-33-33 or if it does not perform the tasks entrusted to it satisfactorily. This withdrawal is pron…

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