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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-21-1

Electronic Internet voting may be used for the election of staff representatives to the Board of Directors, by decision of the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, in accord…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Combating the international spread of disease.

Article L3845-1

Articles L. 3115-1, L. 3115-2, L. 3115-6 and L. 3115-7, in the version resulting fromOrder No. 2017-44 of 19 January 2017, are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L762-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L764-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Multilateral trading facilities

Article L763-5

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-35

The Conseil national de pilotage des agences régionales de santé is responsible for controlling and monitoring the management of the fund. To this end, it receives, each year before 31 May, the report…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R5121-100-1

…y medicinal products, in accordance with the amendment envisaged in the version in force on 1 May 2015. Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, a change of registration holder is authorised under the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-16

…y decision taken pursuant to articles L. 125-12, L. 125-14and the third paragraph of Article L. 125-15. The court may annul or reform the decision referred to it or substitute its own decision. Notwit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title V: Judges' rules

Article 661

…If the opposition is rejected, the criminal division may order the plaintiff to pay a civil fine of 15 euros.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-3-2

…version into a utility certificate application referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 612-15. This request may be made at any time during the twelve-month period from the date of filing of t…

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