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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-1

…applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our healthcare system, subject to the following adaptations:…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R356-61

…group level referred to in Article L. 356-23 according to the following timetable a) No later than 26 weeks after the end of the undertaking's financial year, for financial years ending between 30 Ju…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of accelerated safeguard measures

Article L628-7

…t submit a declaration of their claims under the conditions set out in Articles L. 622-24 to L. 622-26. The updating of the claims mentioned in the list shall be carried out by the judicial representa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Bankruptcy.

Article L654-5

…° Disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the terms of article 131-26 of the Penal Code; 2° Prohibition, in accordance with the procedures laid down by Article 131-27…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2573-41

…icles L. 132-5 et L. 132-15 du code de l'urbanisme" are deleted;5° 4° bis, 12°, 15°, 21°, 22°, 25°, 26° and 31° are deleted.III. - For the application of Article L. 2321-3, the dates: "1997" and "1 Ja…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 4: Powers of the President of the Executive Council.

Article L4422-25

…le 16-3 of law n° 72-619 of 5 July 1972 creating and organising the regions and the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territoriale. He m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to banking service providers

Article L775-40

…column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 571-1 law no. 2009-526 of 12 May 2009 L. 571-2 Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 571-3 order no. 2000-916 of 19 Septem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the transfer of the person for trial on the merits or for trial on the application of article 122-1 of the Criminal Code

Article D47-37-1

…estigation of having committed one of the offences provided for in articles 221-5-6,222-18-4 ou 222-26-2 of the Criminal Code, whether these qualifications were referred to when the investigation was…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-28

…section resulting from the additional allocation to reserves provided for by 2° of article D. 4425-26 and recorded in the administrative account in respect of two consecutive financial years may be t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security

Article D7125-33

…ine the amount of the functional allowances to be awarded to him in accordance with Article L. 7125-26. In the event of an overpayment, the local authority will proceed to recover the undue amount fro…

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