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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-16

…L. 1142-15, the second to fourth and penultimate paragraphs of article L. 1142-17, article L. 1142-19 and article L. 1142-20 apply to this offer.Where the victim has not informed the Office of benefi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Public Health Agency

Article L1413-7

…Agency's request, the persons providing the external funeral services referred to inarticle L. 2223-19 of the General Local Authorities Code shall provide it with all the information necessary for it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Regional health project

Article L1434-4

…article 151 ter of the General Tax Code, article L. 632-6 of the Education Code, article L. 162-5-19 of the Social Security Code and by the agreements mentioned in Chapter II of Title VI of Book I o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-16

…unobserved period means the period of grace provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 612-19 and restoration shall only be granted by the Director General of the National Institute of Indust…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating conditions

Article L424-2

…customary in financial matters.The provisions of Articles L. 533-11 to L. 533-16, L. 533-18, L. 533-19, L. 533-24 and L. 533-24-1 shall not apply, in connection with the use of a multilateral trading…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Governance of the plan

Article R144-14

…nes the procedures for transferring the plan or implementing the provisions of II of article R. 144-19 if the thresholds defined in II of that article are exceeded; 6° Drafts proposals for amendments…

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

Article R2631-1

…° In article R. 2122-1, references to articles L. 184-1, L. 511-11, L. 511-15, L. 511-16 and L. 511-19 to L. 511-21 of the Construction and Housing Code are replaced by references to locally applicabl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation of detention facilities

Article R744-6

…rticle L. 744-5, reserved for lawyers;10° A room allocated to the body mentioned in articles R. 744-19 and R. 751-8;11° A room, furnished and equipped with a telephone, allocated to the legal entity m…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R654-3

…ns of Article R. 621-4," are deleted; 7° In Article R. 632-4, the words: "Law no. 91-647 of 10 July 1991 and Decree no. 91-1266 of 19 December 1991" are replaced by the words: "Order no. 92-1147 of 12…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Basis for the local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-7

…e;- signs;- pre-signs, including those covered by the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 581-19 of the Environment Code.It is based on the exploited surface area, excluding framing, of the supp…

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