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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Healthcare waste produced by patients undergoing self-treatment and users of self-tests

Article R1335-8-1

…edical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC ; b) or 23° or 25° of Article 2 of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

…or in 5° of the Article 313-2 of the Criminal Code; 4° The offences provided for by the articles L. 2339-1 to L. 2339-11, L. 2344-7 et L. 2353-13 of the Defence Code; 5° Offences under the articles 32…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-16

…allation of digital projection equipment in cinemas existing on the date of promulgation of Act no. 2010-1149 of 30 September 2010 on the digital equipment of cinemas and the initial installation of d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Flat-rate tax on network companies

Article 1519 H

…ject of an opinion, agreement or declaration to the Agence Nationale des Fréquences since 1 January 2010 and that provide mobile radio network coverage in areas, defined by regulation, that were not c…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Cemeteries and funeral operations

Article L2573-25

…le, subject to the adaptations provided for in II to VI. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE FORM OF: L. 2223-1 law no. 2016-1658 of 5 December 2016 L. 2223-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 4° of Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I-2: Examination of a person's genetic characteristics and identification by genetic fingerprinting for medical purposes

Article R1541-5

…able in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, as amended by Decrees no. 2008-321 of 4 April 2008, no. 2010-344 of 31 March 2010 and no. 2013-527 of 20 June 2013, with the exception of articles R. 1131-3…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Decision of the departmental cinematographic development commission

Article L212-9

…ect is the subject of a cinema programming commitment signed in application of 3° of article L. 212-23. When the project submitted concerns the extension of an establishment defined in 2°, 3° or 3° bi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article L2123-22

…in relation to those voted by the municipal council within the limits provided for by article L. 2123-23, by I of article L. 2123-24 and by I and III of article L. 2123-24-1, municipal councils:1° 1°…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Additives, enzymes and flavourings intended for human consumption

Article R412-22

…f Article 2, paragraph 4 of Article 2, Articles 3, 5, 15 and 16, paragraph 1 of Article 21, Article 23 and Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Preliminary section: Business formalities centres

Article A123-3

I.-The qualified electronic signature certificate referred to in Article R. 123-5 falls at least, pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014…

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