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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-10

…under conditions laid down by decree. The decisions referred to in articles L. 4311-16 and L. 4311-18 are taken by the departmental or interdepartmental council of the body of masseur-physiotherapist…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Provisional documents issued while an application submitted via the teleservice referred to in article R. 431-2 is being examined

Article R431-15-2

…23-7, L. 423-11 to L. 423-16, L. 423-22, L. 424-1, L. 424-3, L. 424-9, L. 424-11, L. 424-13, L. 424-18, L. 424-19, L. 424-21, L. 425-1, L. 425-3, L. 426-1, L. 426-2, L. 426-3, L. 426-5, L. 426-6, L. 4…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-223

…upervision; 6° For each legal unit, the category of business, as defined by Decree no. 2008-1354 of 18 December 2008 on the criteria for determining the category to which a business belongs for the pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L5711-4

…le or established pursuant to Article L. 5721-2, following the procedure defined in Article L. 5211-18.The accession of a semi-public association to another semi-public association does not affect the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398-1

…noise attacks as provided for in article 222-16;- threats as provided for in articles 222-17 to 222-18-3;- unintentional harm to the integrity of the person as provided for in articles 222-19-1, 222-1…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…ision or security supervision pursuant to the provisions of 5° and 6° of Article 132-44, 7° to 14°, 18° and 19° of Article 132-45, of article 132-45-1 and 3° and 4° of Article 132-55 of the Criminal C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-19

…pose investment fund may also include, up to the limit of 10% stipulated in II of article R. 214-32-18 : 1° warrants ; 2° Savings bonds 3° Promissory notes 4° mortgage notes 5° Shares or units in FIAs…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-9

…rdance with Article L. 532-48; 17° Approved professional associations mentioned in article L. 541-4;18° Data communication service providers approved by the Autorité des marchés financiers;19° Referen…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Guarantee for sureties

Article L313-50

…able, articles L. 312-5 to L. 312-15, 3°, 4°, 5°, 7° and 9° of article L. 312-16 and article L. 312-18 apply to this mechanism, in particular to its financing. In addition, the fonds de garantie des d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-22

…cated the urban solidarity and social cohesion grant provided for in articles L. 2334-15 to L. 2334-18-4 or municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more which, during at least one of the previous…

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