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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Manual money changers

Article D775-13

…able articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 524-1n° 2013-372 of 2 May 2013D. 524-2No. 2018-284 of 18 April 2018

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article L5541-2

…5311-1 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order no. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022.Article L. 5312-3 is applicable there in the version resulting fromOrder n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: French Health Products Safety Agency.

Article L5523-1

…pplicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Order No. 2022-1086 of 29 July 2022.Article L. 5312-3 is applicable there in the version resulting from Order…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Compensation for the consequences of health risks

Article R1526-1

…on and the action for recognition of rights provided for in Titles V and VI of Act No. 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century .

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article D950-1-1

…9-514 of 24 May 2019 Chapter V Public limited companies Article D. 225-104-1Decree no. 2017-1174 of 18 July 2017Article D. 225-104-2Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 2020Article D. 225-164-1 Decree no…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Amendments to the Articles of Association

Article L5842-6

…ption of the third and sixth paragraphs) law no. 2006-1771 of 30 December 2006 L. 5211-17-2 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 5211-18 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5211-19 (with the exce…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses in regional aid areas.

Article R1511-10

…the creation or expansion of economic activities in the regional aid areas delimited by Decree no. 2022-968 of 30 June 2022 on regional aid areas and investment aid areas for small and medium-sized e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: The mayor and deputy mayors

Article L2573-6

…nd second paragraphs of Article L. 2122-5 Order no. 2010-420 of 27 April 2010 L. 2122-5-2 law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018 L. 2122-6 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 2122-7 law no. 2007-128 of 31…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article R211-4

…of registered financial securities may instruct an intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3 to maintain his securities account with an issuer or to administer the entries appearing in the shared…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-40

…in article 221-24 allocated for a given work from the entry into force of deliberation no. 2021/CA/18 of 27 May 2021 until 31 December 2023, the distribution company must have distributed at least th…

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