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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Penalties applicable.

Article L3421-1

…ence, the public prosecution may be extinguished, under the conditions provided for in articles 495-17 to 495-25 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the payment of a fixed fine of €200. The amount o…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R152-1

…ollowing provisions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by opera…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R153-1

…he following provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated or reference is made to their application by opera…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3841-4

…applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Order No. 2018-20 of 17 January 2018, subject to the adaptations provided for in the second paragraph. For the applicatio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R4211-51

…or in Article L. 5121-5 and meeting the requirements mentioned in the authorisation provided for in 17° of Article L. 5121-1 may be transferred with a view to distribution.Only advanced therapy medici…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L311-23

…eaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent and temporary sports stadiums

Article A312-4

…r pursuant to articles R. 143-41 and R. 143-42 of the French Construction and Housing Code (Exhibit 17). 4° Where applicable, the obsolescence audit drawn up by an approved technical inspector (Exhibi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-15 a (art. A322-72)

…prove the PN-C or PTH-120 skills corresponding to the mixes used in accordance with appendices III-17 a and III-18 a.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article L3123-12

…may be allocated to members of the departmental council pursuant to articles L. 3123-16 and L. 3123-17. The actual amount of this training expenditure may not exceed 20% of the same amount. Appropriat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training.

Article L4135-12

…hat may be allocated to members of the regional council pursuant to articles L. 4135-16 and L. 4135-17. The actual amount of this training expenditure may not exceed 20% of the same amount. Appropriat…

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