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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of account information service providers

Article L522-11-3

…s provided for in Article L. 612-39, including removal from the list provided for in Article L. 612-21; 2° The account information service provider may no longer provide the payment service referred t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-8

…d in Article L. 612-2, drawn up in the French language, subject to the provisions of Article R. 612-21.Where one of the documents mentioned in the previous paragraph is missing, the applicant shall be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Interministerial Committee for the Fight against Drugs and Addictive Behaviour

Article D3411-12

…Research; 18° The Minister for Health; 19° The Minister for Sport; 20° The Minister for Transport; 21° The Minister for Labour; 22° The Minister for Urban Affairs. Other ministers may be invited to s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article L1454-4

…t the offence or of the thing that is the object or product of the offence, pursuant to article 131-21 of the same Code.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 731-1

…he Public Health Code if it is established, after the expert assessment provided for in Article 712-21 of this Code, that he or she is likely to undergo treatment. A person sentenced to at least five…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Entry on the roll

Article R532-32

…e of the hearing informs the parties that the written investigation provided for in articles R. 532-21 to R. 532-24 has been completed.In urgent cases, including where the first paragraph of article R…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Dispensaries

Article L6424-1

…he departmental authority. Without prejudice to the provisions of article 64 of law no. 2003-660 of 21 July 2003 on programmes for overseas France, agreements between the departmental authority and th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L8256-3

…s for a maximum of five years; 3° Confiscation under the terms and conditions set out inarticle 131-21 of the Criminal Code; 4° Display or dissemination of the decision handed down, under the conditio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Committee for Health and Social Organisation.

Article R6122-7

…riod of five years. The internal rules of procedure of the Committee referred to in Article R. 6122-21 set the terms and conditions according to which the bodies, institutions, groupings or trade unio…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Prior possession of a long-stay visa

Article L412-4

…he multi-annual residence permit bearing the wording "talent passport" provided for in articles L. 421-9, L. 421-10, L. 421-13 or L. 421-16 to L. 421-21, the multi-annual residence permit bearing the…

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