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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Organisation of the commune

Article L2573-12

…daptations provided for in II and III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 2131-1 Order no. 2021-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 2131-2 Order no. 2021-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 2131-3 Order no. 2021…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating alcoholism and smoking.

Article L3822-1

…3311-3 and L. 3342-1 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna in their wording resulting from Law No. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016.Article L. 3341-1 shall apply to Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-2

…MBERS OF TERRITORIAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRYYou can consult the JORF n° 0234 of 7 October 2021, text n° 36, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pdf?id=Zt1Ecc84f…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and central counterparties

Article L613-73

…te. II.-The resolution college of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall take a decision to recognise the resolution procedure of a non-EU Member State relating to a CCP in the cas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article D775-39

…ted in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 561-4-12022-110 of 1 February 2022D. 561-10-1No. 2018-284 of 18 April 2018D. 561-10-2no. 20…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article L811-1-1

…graph of Article L. 335-4 and Articles L. 133-1 and L. 133-4, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2021-1382 of 25 October 2021 on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the dig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-6

…icles L. 1130-1 to L. 1130-6 shall apply in Wallis and Futuna in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021;2° Articles L. 1131-1, L. 1131-1-1, L. 1131-1-2, L. 1131-1-3, L. 1131-2-1…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Bodies of the commune.

Article D2573-8

…ovided for in II to XV. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE VERSION RESULTING FROM R. 2123-1 and R. 2123-2 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 2123-3 and R. 2123-4 Decree no. 2003-836 of 1st September 200…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Vaccination skills of pharmacy students in hospital and out-of-hospital settings

Article R6153-91-2

…5125-1-1 A to persons whose age and, where applicable, pathological conditions are specified by the decree provided for by this same 9° bis, provided that they have completed the theoretical and pract…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Measures to boost the promotion of cinematographic works abroad

Article 916-46

…the automatic account of production companies for commercial representation in cinemas for the year 2021 is equal to the average of the sums entered in their account for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020.

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