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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal penalties

Article L6242-4

…ommit the offence or of the item that is the product of the offence, in accordance with article 131-21 of the Criminal Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY, SAINT-MARTIN AND SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article L772-1

…re replaced by the words: "It may also be decided ex officio by the Authority. II - Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-28 do not apply to Saint-Barthélemy.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-27

…y market instruments which form part of their assets;2° Newly authorised UCITS may derogate from R. 214-21, R. 214-22, R. 214-23, R. 214-24 and R. 214-25 for a period of six months following the date…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-45

…f delegation of the social and economic committee who are designated in accordance with Article R. 621-2. The court clerk notifies the public prosecutor and the administrator in charge of implementing…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Drawing up and maintaining lists

Article R822-17

…eir website of the annual transparency report including the information mentioned in Article R. 823-21. The provisions of the second and third subsections of this section apply to them, with the excep…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Reimbursement of disability-related expenses

Article R3123-22

…ntioned in the second paragraph of article L. 3123-19 and covered by the provisions of articles L. 5213-1 and L. 5213-2 of the Labour Code (1) or who may claim the benefit of the provisions of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Harm reduction

Article R3411-20

…reasonable profit, under the conditions laid down in Article 5 of European Commission Decision 2012/21/EU of 20 December 2011 on the application of Article 106(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election campaign and voting operations

Article R4031-35

…p files and all the personal data recorded on the processing system provided for in Article R. 4031-21 shall be kept under seal, under the supervision of the National Commission. If necessary, it must…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R6414-2

…erence to article L. 6416-2 ; 3° In Article R. 6145-12, 4° to 6° are deleted; 4° In Article R. 6145-21, the words: "L. 174-3 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the reference: "L. 6416-5"; 5°…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 6: Foreign nationals exempt from applying for a residence permit

Article R431-16

The following are exempt from applying for a residence permit: 1° Members of diplomatic and consular missions accredited in France, their spouses, their ascendants and their minor or unmarried childre…

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