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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Local experimental protocols

Article L4011-4-2

Health professionals working in public or private medico-social services or establishments may, on their own initiative, draw up and implement local cooperation protocols by decision of the director o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

Article L6113-10-2

…contribution between the schemes are carried out in accordance with conditions laid down by decree; 2° An endowment paid by the Caisse nationale de solidarité pour l'autonomie; 3° Subsidies from the S…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7

…third party in either of the following two cases: 1° The third party is a person mentioned in 1° to 2° ter or 3° bis, 5°, 6°, 12°, 12° bis or 13° of Article L. 561-2 or the person is a service provide…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-11

…upporting documents: 1° An estimate detailing production costs and individualising costs in France; 2° A provisional financing plan; 3° A list of the names of prospective creative and production staff…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Traffic

Article L414-4

…parents holds a temporary residence permit, a multi-annual residence permit or a resident's permit;2° Who is the foreign child of a French national or a direct descendant of a citizen of the European…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: National gendarmerie units

Article R15-23

…or parts thereof, are as follows: 1° Les sections de recherches de la gendarmerie départementale; 2° Les sections d'appui judiciaire autres que celles mentionnées à l'article R. 15-22; 3° Gendarmeri…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 D

…ome of the beneficiary or, in the case of a loss, of the taxpayer in France and in the other State; 2° The other State is a Member State of the European Union which refuses the deduction and the tax t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: The National Safety Commission for Sports Venues

Article R312-24

The term of office of the members of the Commission appointed in application of 2° of article R. 312-22 ends on 30 June of the year following the Summer Olympic Games. Any member who loses the capacit…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Prior information notice

Article R2331-2

…ion notice may be: 1° Either sent for publication to the Publications Office of the European Union; 2° Or published by the purchaser on its buyer profile mentioned in article R. 2332-3. The purchaser…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Reporting professional misconduct to the competent supervisory authorities and protection of whistleblowers

Article L634-2

The procedure established, pursuant to I of Article 8 of Law 2016-1691 of 9 December 2016 on transparency, the fight against corruption and the modernisation of economic life, by the persons mentioned…

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