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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4131-2

Persons meeting the following conditions may be authorised to practise medicine as a replacement for a doctor:1° have completed and validated the entire second cycle of medical studies in France or ho…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions relating to the control of groups

Article R356-2

I.-The coordination agreements mentioned in III of Article L. 356-7-1 specify the procedures applied by the supervisory authorities concerned: 1° For decisions relating to applications for approval of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1

Article R421-27

For the application of the provisions of article L. 421-4, contributions to the guarantee fund are assessed and collected as follows:1° (repealed)2° (repealed)3° The contribution from insurance compan…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-28

For the application of this paragraph:1° An establishment's market share is defined as the ratio between the average sales achieved by this cinematographic entertainment establishment over a given per…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-23

The articles L. 2131-1 to L. 2131-6 and L. 2131-8 are applicable, subject to the provisions below, to the deliberations of the arrondissement councils, with the exception of those taken in application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5421-2

I. - It is an offence to market, broker or distribute, whether free of charge or for a consideration, wholesale or retail, a proprietary medicinal product, any other medicinal product manufactured ind…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title I: Banking, payment services and the issuance and management of electronic money

Article D314-2

For the purposes of Article L. 314-1, the following definitions apply 1° Direct debit service: a service for debiting a payer's payment account, where a payment transaction is initiated by the payee o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-2

When the administrative authority is aware of an official report of an infringement provided for in 1° to 4° of Article L. 8211-1 or of a report drawn up by one of the control officers mentioned inArt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-23

Without prejudice to the programme of water quality analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-15, R. 1321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 132…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of good conduct and organisation

Article R519-26

I. - Before concluding any banking transaction or payment service or any preparatory work or advice, the intermediary must agree with his customer, including any potential customer, in writing or on a…

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