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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4141-5

Practitioners who hold both, pursuant to 1° of article L. 4111-1, one of the diplomas, certificates or titles required for the practice of the profession of doctor, and one of the diplomas, certificat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Conditions for practising the profession of distiller

Article 311 bis

…drawing exemptions are laid down by order of the State authority designated by decree.(1) Annex IV, art. 51 bis to 51 sexies.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R319

Article R. 116 shall read as follows: "Art. R. 116.-It shall be allocated to each expert appointed in accordance with the laws and regulations on the repression of fraud in commercial matters, for the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-4

…New Caledonia, Articles L. 717-1, L. 717-4 and Article L. 717-7 of this Code shall read as follows:"Art. L. 717-1. :I. - The use in the course of trade by a third party, without the consent of the pro…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R3321-2

…° The second paragraph of article R. 3125-6 is deleted; 7° Article R. 3125-7 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 3125-7 -The award notice is published in the Journal officiel de la collectivité de Saint-Ba…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of provision of services

Article L4112-7

A doctor, dental practitioner or midwife who is a national of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, who is established and legally practises t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common law provisions.

Article R312-4

…Art. R. 162-1 -For the application of article L. 162-1, in the event…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: EC type-examination

Article R4313-41

If the notified body, after carrying out the necessary examinations, considers that the certificate is still valid in the light of the state of the art, it will renew it for a period of five years.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article D151-1

…t in articles R. 4424-20 to R. 4424-30 of the general code of local authorities, reproduced below: "Art. R. 4424-20 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales. The Corsican Assembly determine…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-1

…rom Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.2° Article L. 1211-4 is replaced by the following provisions:Art. L. 1211-4 - No payment, in whatever form, may be made to a person who lends himself to the remo…

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