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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4331-2-1

…territorial collectivity of Corsica, pursuant to I of Article 52 of Finance Act no. 2004-1484 of 30 December 2004 for 2005 and I of l'article 40 de la loi n° 2005-1719 du 30 décembre 2005 de finances…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-3

…e good manufacturing practices referred to in point 2 of Article 93 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and the good distribution practices referred to in point 8 of Article 95 of the same R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-3

…veral pharmacies. However, these provisions do not apply to the cases provided for by the law of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions applicable to companies established in France

Article R123-14

…personalised information, subject to the provisions of articles 54 to 66-3 of law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 on the reform of certain legal professions, as well as tools to help them understand t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Terms of office of board or committee members

Article L5842-5

…5211-15 are applicable in French Polynesia, in their wording resulting from Law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019 relating to involvement in local life and the proximity of public action, subject to t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-2

…ediate-sized enterprise or a large enterprise, as defined inarticle 3 of decree no. 2008-1354 of 18 December 2008 on the criteria for determining the category to which an enterprise belongs for the pu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter X: Digital asset service providers

Article D54-10-7

…ecurity or Decree no. 2010-112 of 2 February 2010 implementing articles 9,10 and 12 of Order 2005-1516 of 8 December 2005 on electronic exchanges between users and administrative authorities and betwe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D742-12

…240-2 to D. 214-240-4n° 2018-1008 of 19 November 2018D. 214-240-5 to D. 214-240-7n° 2019-1296 of 4 December 2019II. - For the application of I:1° In the first paragraph of I of Article D. 214-228, th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D743-12

…240-2 to D. 214-240-4n° 2018-1008 of 19 November 2018D. 214-240-5 to D. 214-240-7n° 2019-1296 of 4 December 2019II. - For the application of I:1° In the first paragraph of I of Article D. 214-228, th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to the measurement of the audience of professional employers' organisations at professional branch level and at national and cross-industry level

Article R2152-6-1

…2152-6, the employees of the member undertakings holding an employment contract during the month of December of the year preceding the year in which the member undertakings are taken into account and…

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